study and practice of using computers and telecommunications in a way that
maximizes positive environmental benefit and minimizes the negative impact. The
energy efficiency of operating equipment is a major concern of Green ICT. The
embodied energy and lifecycle of the materials used in the design, manufacture,
reuse, and recycling of equipment and components are also concerns. Green ICT seeks
to inform accepted management practices to achieve efficient and effective business
interaction
Green Computing is the scientific study of efficient and effective designing,
manufacturing, using ,disposing and recycling of computers ,hand held devices and
computer
related products like servers, communication system, network systems, monitors,
USBs,
printers etc
course objectives
The objective of this course is to provide graduate students with an understanding
of the role of ICTs and there impact on the global carbon footprint, This includes
how to estimate the carbon footprint of the ICT operations of an organization and
access ways to reduce the carbon footprint by changes to policies for procurement
of ICT, changes to ICT operations and revising business processes.
This course covers fundamental principles of energy management faced by designers
of hardware, operating systems, and data centers. We will explore basic energy
management option in individual components such as CPUs, network interfaces, hard
drives, memory. We will further present the energy management policies at the
operating system level that consider performance vs. energy saving tradeoffs.
To learn the fundamentals of Green Computing.
To analyze the Green computing Grid Framework.
To understand the issues related with Green compliance.
To study and develop various case studies.
learning outcome
Estimate the carbon footprint of the ICT operations of an organisation,
Assess ways to reduce the carbon footprint of an organisation, by changes to
polices for procurement of ICT, changes to the ICT operations and revising business
processes.
Upon completion of the course, the students will be able to:
Acquire knowledge to adopt green computing practices to minimize negative impacts
on the environment.
Enhance the skill in energy saving practices in their use of hardware.
Evaluate technology tools that can reduce paper waste and carbon footprint by the
stakeholders.
Understand the ways to minimize equipment disposal requirements .
Politics, Science and Business of Sustainability
UNIT I FUNDAMENTALS 9
Green IT Fundamentals: Business, IT, and the Environment – Green computing: carbon
foot print, scoop on power – Green IT Strategies: Drivers, Dimensions, and Goals –
Environmentally Responsible Business: Policies, Practices, and Metrics.
UNIT II GREEN ASSETS AND MODELING 9
Green Assets: Buildings, Data Centers, Networks, and Devices – Green Business
Process Management: Modeling, Optimization, and Collaboration – Green Enterprise
Architecture – Environmental Intelligence – Green Supply Chains – Green Information
Systems: Design and Development Models.
UNIT III GRID FRAMEWORK 9
Virtualization of IT systems – Role of electric utilities, Telecommuting,
teleconferencing and teleporting – Materials recycling – Best ways for Green PC –
Green Data center – Green Grid framework.
UNIT IV GREEN COMPLIANCE 9
Socio-cultural aspects of Green IT – Green Enterprise Transformation Roadmap –
Green Compliance: Protocols, Standards, and Audits – Emergent Carbon Issues:
Technologies and Future.
UNIT V CASE STUDIES 9
The Environmentally Responsible Business Strategies (ERBS) – Case Study Scenarios
for Trial Runs – Case Studies – Applying Green IT Strategies and Applications to a
Home, Hospital, Packaging Industry and Telecom Sector.
Introduction and Preface
Sahra Sedigh and Ali Hurson
Techniques to Measure, Model, and Manage Power
1. Introduction
2. Problem Statement
3. Empirical Power Measurement
4. Power Estimation
5. Power-Aware Resource Management
Quantifying IT Energy-Efficiency
Introduction
2. Terminology
3. IT Energy Consumption
4. Current Energy Saving Techniques
5. Performance Impact of Energy Saving Techniques
6. Existing Energy Efficiency Metrics and Certifications
State of the Art on Technology and Practices for Improving the Energy Efficiency of
Data Storage
Introduction
2. Taxonomy of Data Storage Solutions
3. Device-level Solutions
4. Solutions for Storage Elements
5. Recommendations for Best Practices
6. Community Efforts and Benchmarks
Optical Interconnects for Green Computers and Data Centers
Introduction
2. High-Speed and Energy-Efficient Optical Interconnects
3. High-Speed Optical Receiver
4. High-Speed Optical Transmitter
5. Silicon Photonics Toward Exascale Computer
Energy Harvesting for Sustainable Smart Spaces
Introduction
2. Energy Sustainability in Smart Spaces
3. Micro-Scale Energy Harvesting
4. Research Challenges
Bhuvan Unhelkar, ―Green IT Strategies and Applications-Using Environmental
Intelligence, CRC Press, June 2014.
Woody Leonhard, Katherine Murray, ―Green Home computing for dummies, August 2012.
Alin Gales, Michael Schaefer, Mike Ebbers, ―Green Data Center: steps for the
Journey, Shroff/IBM rebook, 2011.
John Lamb, ―The Greening of IT, Pearson Education, 2009.
Jason Harris, ―Green Computing and Green IT- Best Practices on regulations &
industry, Lulu.com, 2008
Carl speshocky, ―Empowering Green Initiatives with IT, John Wiley & Sons, 2010.
Wu Chun Feng (editor), ―Green computing: Large Scale energy efficiency, CRC Press
