ITD GREEN COMPUTING

AWARENESS SURVEY

Demographics - Gender

Male, 93,
33%
Female,
187, 67%

Total
respondents
= 280

Demographics - Designation
Admin Staff
(Technical),
23, 8%
Admin Staff,
69, 25%

UG Students,
103, 37%

Academic
Staff, 70, 25%

PG Students,
15, 5%

Staff and Students Knowledge of Green Computing (N = 280)

EPEAT

74%

Energy Star

52%

E-Waste

20%

50%

Carbon Footprint
Green Computing

11%

31%

Carbon-fee computing

20%

Malaysia Green Technology Policy

21%

50%

Don't Know

Low

High

20%
25%

23%

Moderate

8%

10%

23%

Quite High

3%

7%

5% 3%

8%

21%

4%

5% 3%

23%

33%

42%

7%

20%

20%

50%

Green PC

18%

23%

46%

12% 0%

4%

4% 3%

Staff and Students Awareness of Green Computing (N = 280)

Laptops consume more power than desktops (F)

34%

Computer use contributes to global warming (T)

23%

Ink-jet printers use more energy than laser printers (F)

Screen savers save energy (F)
The sleep/standby mode reduces energy (T)

Shutting down saves more energy than using sleep mode (T)
Unnecessary printing has a major impact on the environment (T)

42%
65%

47%
16%

60%
76%

6%

14%

88%

9%

6%

87%

54%

Using Energy Star and EPEAT computer products increase

electricity (F)

Right Answer

30%

25%

LCD monitors use more energy than CRT monitors (F)

Don't Know

13%

23%

10%

PC recycling increases environmental pollution (F)

24%

4%

28%
69%

40%

Wrong Answer

19%
23%

46%

8%
14%

Findings
A high percentage of
staff and students have
little or no knowledge
of green computing.
Awareness of green
computing among staff
and students still very
low.
Some misconceptions
about green computing
still exists.

Recommendations

Conduct more
awareness
programs such
as road shows,
workshops, etc.

Develop
campus Green
Computing
Guidelines or
Policy

Recommend
best practices
and tips to
reduce campus
carbon footprint

Some Green Computing Terms You Should Know

EPEAT

Energy Star

Carbon
Footprint

E-Waste

Electronic Product
Relates to the
Electronic equipment
Environmental
that has been
greenhouse gases
Energy Star is a
Assessment Tool
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labelling program to produced by our
(EPEAT) is a free and
contains toxic
recognize and
activities, which
trusted source of
substances such as
promote energycauses global
environmental
lead, mercury &
efficient products
warming
product ratings
cobalt.