Energy Efficient Clean and Green IT: Concepts and Approaches

Abstract

Green IT practice is essential to minimize electricity bill. We have done our analysis on power consumption of computer. We have stated different management policies for reduction in energy consumption. Energy Star (ES) programme of the United States promotes energy efficiency in electronics products that provides an exceptional productivity as compared to the old or traditional systems. Energy Star program has been adopted by many countries to make a move towards Clean and Green environment. ES labels can be easily found on electronic appliances at homes, offices, buildings and many other places. Depending upon the devices, using these policies can result between 30%90% of less power consumption. In our analysis, we got a reduction of 40% less power consumption in computers after implementing management policies. In this work, we are estimating power bill, and analyzing its economical feasibility along with that we are proposing a plan to reduce power consumption of academia and Institute. We have also discussed about management policies for disposal of e-waste.