ASSIGNMENT 4. :))

-GREEN CAMPUS COMPUTING spot.

UC Berkeley iNews
http://inews.berkeley.edu/articles/Spring2009/green-computing

At UC Berkeley, energy efficiency relates to the "triple bottom line" philosophy, the view that social, environmental, and economic consequences should all be considered when planning for the future. Chancellor Birgeneau has committed the University to lowering its greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2014, a target six years ahead of California's statewide goal. But this is a tall order, as much has changed on campus in the last 19 years. For one, the role computers play has dramatically increased — and, despite the improved efficiency of newer machines, so has the energy that computing consumes.

To support and promote these efforts, the Go Green team recommends launching a "green computing" educational campaign; recognizing and rewarding individuals who conserve energy; adopting campuswide purchasing guidelines for computing equipment; and creating a more effective funding model for energy efficient IT projects. Their long-term recommendations for the University include creating a file-sharing service, upgrading the campus network, establishing a regional data center, and installing "smart" meters to allow for more accurate monitoring of energy usage.

Green computing doesn't mean sacrificing reliability or functionality, said Linda Algazzali, one of the team's seven members. "Any change in the service model needs to take into account that services need to be enhanced, not degraded," she said.


Green Campus Computing at the U of U
(University of Utah)
http://www.it.utah.edu/leadership/green/index.html

U of U students and staff and the residents of Salt Lake City have an opportunity to recycle their household e-waste for free at the U of U campus in conjunction with many campus Earth Day activities. All of the e-waste that is collected at the event will be recycled responsibly by Guaranteed Recycling Xperts (GRX) of Utah. GRX is recognized by the Basel Action Network (BAN) as an E-steward and was awarded the e-waste recycling contract for the State of Utah.

Green computing techniques are easy to incorporate and will result in:
• A reduction in overall operating costs by reducing power use, using shared hardware resources, reusing similar systems, and reducing supplies such as toner, ink and paper.
• Enhanced work environments such as campus computer lab space and office work space with reduced noise pollution and eye strain from traditional CRTs.
• Corporate and social responsibility through a focus on the Triple Bottom Line, an expanded set of success values focusing on people, planet and profit.
• An enhanced University Image: green computing solutions on the U campus can be used as marketing tools for potential students and researchers.


The Chronicle of Higher Education
Campus Computing Goes Green to Save Money
By: Josh Keller
http://chronicle.com/article/Campus-Computing-Goes-Green-to/1484/

Relocate a college's server computers next to a solar-power generator. Replace AC power with DC power. Cool the servers only where they get the hottest. Put the servers in the ocean and power them with waves.
Those were a few of the ideas discussed last week at a conference, "Greening the Internet Economy," that was designed to address the problem of the soaring financial and environmental costs of information technology. The event, held by the University of California at San Diego, offered a sampling of a new generation of technologies that promise to help colleges make their IT departments both more efficient and more sustainable.
The goal is to encourage engineers to try different computing strategies to reduce electricity consumption, said Thomas A. DeFanti, principal investigator on the project and a senior research strategist at the university's California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology.


Basic Energy Conservation Strategy:
* Turn off your computer and/or peripherals when they are not in use. Turning on and off will not harm the equipment.
* Don’t run computers continuously unless they are in use continuously.
* Turn off at night and on weekends
* Look for ways to reduce the amount of time your computer is on without adversely affecting your productivity.

Actually, even if you implement so many energy conservation strategies, still it is up to the students / people involved on how they conserve energy in their own way. Though, personally, I don’t think I am conserving energy but I am not wasting too much of it either.


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