R.Mahalingam, Director Netcon Technologies India Pvt Ltd. Coimbatore, India Phone: +91 422 2241012 E-Mail: maha@netcon.

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Green IT Develop products and processes that enable more environment friendly Green IT not just for manufacturers of hardware but involves everyone software delveopers, users, etc. Green IT Addresses broad topics from energy efficient to waste management

Climate Change is considered as a major challenge for companies

Governments are regulating the emissions of GHG Be green or perish Growth of computer systems Datacenters Estimated that 2% of US energy consumption by Datacenters IT largest power consumer in a office, Estimated that 5% of total Energy is consumed by IT in developed countries PCs contribute 40% of GHG emmissions by IT

Increasing Power consupmtion of IT systems

Cooling is another major concern Disposing of obsolete systems

Green IT initiative is aimed at reducing the GHG emission thereby protecting the environment Today, Power consumption is part of IT Budget Green IT is a competitive advantage for companies Regulatory compliance Government penalises non-compliance and GHG emissions Reduce Operating costs of the customer Help the customer to be environment friendly Green IT is a new business opportunity Go Green is the watchword for major IT companies Companies with out proper Green Strategy may be in the risk of losing business

Product design & Manufacturing

Energy efficient manufacturing processes Green Materials/components Processor is a major power consumer in a PC Recycling Cooling Virtualisation Power Management Efficient usage of IT systems

Datacenters

Desktops & Computer systems

Users

Energy efficient design

Design processors and components with energy efficiency Less usage Less power consumption Effective power management Efficient power supplies (>80% efficiency) New technologies Use recyclable components Use bulk packaging Reduce package size

Packaging

Lead and Halogen free Standards compliance e.g. RoHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substances

Datacenter are critical component of the IT systems

Consolidation of IT applications IT systems such as servers, network equipment Non IT systems such as Cooling

Major components

Reducing energy consumtpion of IT systems automatically reduces that of Non IT systems Datacenters attribute to 2% of Total Enery consumption in the US

Efficient Power Supply Systems

UPS, Power distribution Wind energy, Solar, Biomass Keep just at the right temperature Standards compliance Storage Server Desktop

Alternate power sources

Enery efficient cooling

Virtualisation

Virtualisation is a revolutionary concept where single physical hardware is efficiently used for different functions The resources are utilised to the maximum Many resurces can be virtualised

Storage Processor/CPU Application

Reduces the number of physical components thereby reducing the energy consumption New concepts and technologies

SAAS, Cloud Computing

Server consolidation and virtualisation Thin/Low power client Pcs Blade PCs Efficient Power Management

Reduce the clock cycle during low usage periods Power saving Modes Design software with Energy consumption in mind Software virtualisation

OS and Application Software

The more you communicate the more energy you consume LAN speeds are increasing day by day 10Gbps are common today Localise contents thereby reducing the transmission Content caching and acceleration Switches/Routers go to power saving mode when there is no usage or off peak hours Integrate with access control systems Use energy efficient networking products/Protocols Unified infrastructure for voice and data

Green Awareness

Aware of the power consumption pattern of the products you use Aware of the power saving features and effectively use them Evaluate and compare energy consumption of products before you purchase Ensure the products you use are standards compliant Always enable power management on your gadget Donate old products to poort & needy Insist of standards compliance Continuosly Measure Design enery efficient software Make use of power management features of the hardware

As a user

As a developer

IT is a major consumer of Energy and contributor of GHG emissions Green IT is inevitable today There is tremendous scope for Greener IT in

Manufacturing process Datacenters Software Virtualisation Cloud Computing SAAS and PAAS

New technologies