Green Computing: A Technique for Environment Effective Computing

Abstract

The concept of green computing has begun to spread in the past few years, gaining increasing popularity. Besides the widespread sensitivity to ecological issues, such interest also stems from economic needs, since both energy costs and electrical requirements of IT industry around the world show a continuously growing trend. Green computing is the environmentally responsible use of computers and related resources. Such practices include the implementation of energy-efficient central processing units (CPUs), Servers and Peripherals as well as reduced resource consumption and proper disposal of electronic waste (e-waste). Green computing is the study and practice of efficient and eco-friendly computing. The principle behind energy efficient coding is to save power by getting software to make less use of the hardware, rather than continuing to run the same code on hardware that uses less power. This paper, first discuss the connotation of green computing and sketch researcher’s view on the next generation of IT systems for green computing. Subsequently, this paper helps to identify key issues relevant to green computing and evaluate different approaches to these problems. Finally, paper point out future directions of research and conclude the paper. Objectives 1. To gain an understanding why the green computing is instrumental for the environment. 2. To identify key issues relevant to green computing and evaluate different approaches to these problems Keywords: Eco Friendly Computing, Energy Efficient Coding, Green Computing, Green IT, Smart Computing.