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Green computing aims to reduce the negative environmental impacts of computers and promote sustainability. It addresses issues like inefficient energy usage, toxic materials in manufacturing, and hazardous e-waste. The document outlines these problems and provides solutions like using power management settings, purchasing Energy Star certified equipment, and recycling electronics to reduce pollution and waste. The group presentation was given by Harshdeep Singh, Adil Khan, Utkarsh Srivastava, Rupesh Shukla, and Ajeet Kumar on the topic of green computing.

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Green Computing

Green computing aims to reduce the negative environmental impacts of computers and promote sustainability. It addresses issues like inefficient energy usage, toxic materials in manufacturing, and hazardous e-waste. The document outlines these problems and provides solutions like using power management settings, purchasing Energy Star certified equipment, and recycling electronics to reduce pollution and waste. The group presentation was given by Harshdeep Singh, Adil Khan, Utkarsh Srivastava, Rupesh Shukla, and Ajeet Kumar on the topic of green computing.

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TOPIC-GREEN COMPUTING

PRESENTED BY- GROUP C

MEMBERS NAME
1. HARSHDEEP SINGH
2. ADIL KHAN
3. UTKARSH SRIVASTAVA
4. RUPESH SHUKLA
5. AJEET KUMAR
What is Green Computing ?

The positive (or least negative)


relationship between the physical
computer and its impact to the
environments in which it moves through
from cradle to grave
Green Computing
 Why
 computer energy is often wasteful
 leaving the computer on when not in use (CPU and fan
consume power, screen savers consume power)
 printing is often wasteful
 how many of you print out your emails or meeting
agendas
 printing out partial drafts
 for a “paperless” society, we tend to use more paper
today than before computer-prevalence
 pollution
 manufacturing techniques
 packaging
 disposal of computers and components
 toxicity
 as we will see, there are toxic chemicals used in the
manufacturing of computers and components which
can enter the food chain and water!
Green Computing – Why ?

 Growing public environmental awareness

 Increasing impacts on environmental and human health

 Corporate social responsibility


Energy Use of PCs
 CPU uses 120 Watts
 CRT uses 150 Watts
8 hours of usage, 5 days a week = 562 KWatts
 ifthe computer is left on all the time without proper
power saver modes, this can lead to 1,600 KWatts
 fora large institution, say a university of 40,000
students and faculty, the power bill for just
computers can come to $2 million / year
 Energy use comes from
 electrical current to run the CPU, motherboard,
memory
 running the fan and spinning the disk(s)
 monitor (CRTs consume more power than any
other computer component)
 printers
Reducing Energy Consumption
 Turn off the computer when not in use, even if just
for an hour
 Turn off the monitor when not in use (as opposed
to running a screen saver)
 Use power saver mode
 in power saver mode, the top item is not necessary, but
screen savers use as much electricity as any normal
processing, and the screen saver is not necessary on a
flat panel display
 Use hardware/software with the Energy Star label
 Energy Star is a “seal of approval” by the Energy Star
organization of the government (the EPA)
 Don’t print unless necessary and you are ready
 Use LCDs instead of CRTs as they are more power
efficient
Manufacturing – Fossil Fuels

 Average desktop computer with monitor requires 10


times its weight in chemicals and fossil fuels to produce

 240 kg of fossil fuel for CRT monitor


(United Nations University)

 266 kg of fossil fuel for LCD monitor (Williams, 2003)


Use – Environmental Impacts
 Electricity consumption for desktops
and peripherals
 120W CRT+CPU; more for older machines

Ontario
Ministry of
Energy, 2005
Disposal – Electronic Waste

 Short product life expectancy


(2-4 years)

 Same toxins in manufacturing process can cause


environmental contamination

 Human health risks

 Lead, barium, chromium, CNS disruptors etc. (Baul, 2002)

 Human rights problems – “Exporting harm”


Breaking Down Electricity
 50% mechanical
 35% lighting
 15% plug-load

 Where can we
find
efficiencies?
15% = $1.38 million, 4,900 GHG,
1200 cars
E-waste Impacts in China

Photos Courtesy of
Basel Action Network
Plastics
 Plastics are found throughout the computer,
largely from casings but also internally to hold
components together
 4 billion pounds of plastic were used to build computers
and components between 1997 and 2004
 One specific form of plastics used is polyvinyl
chloride (PVC) which is used in cabling and
housings
 PVC is difficult to recycle and the production and
burning of PVC generates dioxins and furans
 The plastics in computers are often treated with
flame retardant chemicals, particularly
brominated flame retardant
 these chemicals can act as endocrine disrupters and
increase risk of several forms of cancer
 they have been found entering the food chain
Land Fills

 Europe has outlawed using landfills for


computer components
 the US and Europe export a lot of e-waste to Asian
landfills (especially China even though China has
outlawed the importing of e-waste)
 in addition, incineration of computer components
leads to air pollution and airborne toxins
One More Solution: Recycling
 If companies can recycle the plastics and other
components, this can greatly reduce waste and
toxins
 however, the hazardous materials in e-waste can harm
the recycle workers if they are not properly protected
 in undeveloped countries, a lot of the recycling chores are left
up to unprotected children!
 Developed countries now have facilities for
recycling e-waste
 however, in Europe, the plastics are discarded instead of
recycled because the flame retardant chemicals are too
toxic to work with
 To resolve these problems, the computer
manufacturers must start using recyclable
chemicals

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