GREEN COMPUTING

1.OVERVIEW AND ISSUES

1. Problems :
 Toxins, Power Consumption, Heat, Equipment Disposal.
 Business of Recycling Process.
2. Company’s Carbon Footprint:
 Measuring.
 Details.
 Reasons to Bother.
 Plan for Future.
3. Cost Saving:
 Hardware.
 Power.
 2.INITIATIVES AND STANDARDS

1. Global Initiatives:
 United Nations.
 Solving the E-Waste Problem (StEP).
 Basel Action Network & Basel Convention.
2. North America:
 The United States.
 EPEAT.
 National Computer Recycling Act.
 California & other states.
3. Europe:
 WEEE Directive.
 RoHS.
4. Asia:
 Japan, China & Korea.
5. Australia & Canada.
 3.MINIMIZING POWER USAGE

1. Power Problems:
 Power Wastage.
 Monitoring Power Usage.
 Servers.
 Low Cost Options.
2. Reducing Power Use:
 Data De-Duplication.
 Virtualization.
3. Involving Utility Company:
 Low-Power Computers.
 Linux.
 Computer Settings.
 MAID & RAID.
 Wireless Devices & Efficient Software.
 4.COOLING

1. Cooling Costs & Power Costs.

2. Causes for Cost of Power.
3. Calculating Cooling Needs.
4. Reducing Cooling Costs:
 Economizers, On-Demand Cooling, HP’s Solutions.
 Optimizing Airflow, Raised Floors.
5. Prevent Recirculation of Equipment Exhaust:
 Supply Air Directly to Heat Sources.
 Humidity.
 Fluid Consideration.
6. System Design:
 Datacentre Design.
 Centralized Control.
 Design for Your Needs.
 5.CHANGING BEHAVIOUR

1. Old Behaviours.
2. Starting at the Top.
3. Process Reengineering:
 Process Reengineering with Green in Mind.
 Analyzing the Global Impact of Local Actions.
4. Steps for Control Usage:
 Recycling.
 Energy.
 Pollutants.
 Telecommuting.
 Outsourcing.
 6.GOING PAPERLESS

1. Paper Problems:
 Environment , Cost.
2. Paper and Office:
 Practicality, Storage, Destruction.
3. Going Paperless:
 Organizational Realities.
 Changing Over.
 Paperless Billing , Handheld vs. the Clipboard.
4. Intranet:
 Intranet Include, Building an Intranet.
5. Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007:
 Features, Improved Business Operations , MySite .
6. Electronic Data Interchange:
 Nuts and Bolts.
 Value-Added Networks, Obstacles.
 7.RECYCLING

1. Introduction.
2. Problems.
3. China.
4. Africa, Materials, Mean of Disposal.
5. Refurbishing.
6. Make the Decision:
 Life Cycle, From Beginning to End, Life ,Cost.
7. Green Design.
8. Recycling Companies:
 Finding the Best one, Checklist, Certifications.
9. Hard Drive Recycling.
10. CDs and DVDs.
 8.HARDWARE CONSIDERATION

1. Certification Program:
 EPEAT, RoHS.
 Energy Star.
2. Thin Clients.
3. Servers, Blade Servers.
4. Consolidation.
5. Products.
6. Hardware Consideration:
 Planned Obsolescence.
 Packaging.
 Toxins & Other Factors.
 Using Remote Desktop.
 Establishing a Connection.
 9.GREENING YOUR INFORMATION SYSTEMS

1. Initial Improvement Calculations:

 Selecting Metrics.
 SWaP.
 Tracking Progress.
 Microsoft SQL Server & Performance Point.
2. Changing Business Processes:
 Customer Interaction.
 Paper Reduction.
 Green Supply Chain.
3. Improve Technology Infrastructure:
 Reduce PCs and Servers.
 Virtualization.
 Shared Services.
 Hardware Costs.
 Cooling.
 10.STAYING GREEN

1. Organizational Check-ups:
 Chief Green Officer.
 Evolution.
 Sell the CEO.
 SMART Goals.
2. Equipment Check-ups:
 Gather Data.
 Baseline Data.
 Benchmarking.
 Analyze Data.
 Conduct Audits.
3. Certifications:
 Benefits.
 Realities.
4. Helpful Organizations.