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Engineering Research and Applications $($IJERA$)$ ISSN: $2248-9622$ www$.$ijera.com

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A Study On Green Computing: The Future Computing And EcoFriendly Technology

S$.$V$.$S$.$S$.$ Lakshmi$1$

$,$ Ms$.$ I Sri Lalita Sarwani$2$

$,$ M$.$Nalini Tuveera$3$

$($Department of IT & MCA $,$ANITS$)$

ABSTRACT

Green computing, the study of efficient

and eco$-$friendly computing resources, is under

the attention of environmental organizations, and

businesses from other industries. In recent years,

companies in the computer industry have come

to realize that going green is in their best interest,

both in terms of public relations and reduced

costs. This paper presents at several green

initiatives currently under way in the computer

industry, as well as issues that have been raised

regarding these initiatives and presents a study

with an example to learn more about the future

of green computing.

Keywords : Energy Star, Environment $,$ Green

Computing $,$Recycle, Sustainable.

I. INTRODUCTION

The field of "green technology$$

encompasses a broad range of subjects $$ from new

energy$-$generation techniques to the study of

advanced materials to be used in our daily life.

Green technology focuses on reducing the

environmental impact of industrial processes and

innovative technologies caused by the Earth$$s

growing population. It has taken upon itself the goal

to provide society$$s needs in ways that do not

damage the natural resources. this means creating

fully recyclable products, reducing pollution,

proposing alternative technologies in various fields,

and creating a center of economic activity around

technologies that benefit the environment. The huge

amount of computing manufactured worldwide has

a direct impact on environment issues, and scientists

are conducting numerous studies in order to reduce

the negative impact of computing technology on our

natural resources. A central point of research is

testing and applying alternative nonhazardous

materials in the products$$ manufacturing process.

$2.$ History of Green computing

I n $1992,$ t h e U$.$S$.$ Environmental

Protection Agency launched Energy Star, a

v ol u n t a r y labeling program which is

designed to promote and recognize energyefficiency in monitors, climate control

equipment, and other technologies. This

resulted in the widespread adoption of sleep

mode among consumer electronics. The

term "green computing" was probably

coined shortly after the Energy Star

program began;

For a PC disposal, it is necessary to know

everything there is to know in order to be involved

in green computing. Basically, the whole

green aspect came about quite a few

years back when the news that the

environment was not a renewable resource

really hit home and people started realizing that

they had to do their part to protect the environment.

Basically, the efficient use of computers

and computing is what green computing is

all about. The triple bottom line is what is

important when it comes to anything green

and the same goes for green computing. This

considers social responsibility, economic viability

and the impact on t h e e n v i r on m e n t $.$ M a n y

bu s i n e s s e s s i m p l y f o c u s on a b ot t om

l i n e $,$ r a t h e r t h a n a g r e e n t r i p l e bottom

line, of economic viability when it comes to

computers. The idea is to make the

whole process surrounding computers friendlier to

the environment, economy, and society. This means

manufacturers create computers in a way

that reflects the triple bottom line

positively. Once computers are sold

businesses or people use them in a green

way by reducing power usage and disposing

of them properly or recycling them. The idea is to

make computers from beginning to end a green

product.

II$.$ BACKGROUND

$1.$ Governments go green

Figure $1$ : Energy Star

Many governments worldwide have

initiated energy$-$management programs, such

as Energy Star, an international standard for energyefficient electronic equipment that was created by

the United States Environmental Protection Agency

in $1992$ and has now been adopted by several other

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Engineering Research and Applications $($IJERA$)$ ISSN: $2248-9622$ www$.$ijera.com

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countries. Energy Star reduces the amount of energy

consumed by a product by automatically switching

it into $$sleep$$ mode when not in use or reducing the

amount of power used by a product when in

$$standby$$ mode. Surprisingly, standby $$leaking$,$

the electricity consumed by appliances when they

are switched off, can represent as much as $12$

percent of a typical household$$s electricity

consumption. In Australia,

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