The Impact of Green Data Centers on Energy Efficiency Green Data Center Potentiates Energy Efficiency A data center is a facility/equipment used in housing computer systems and other computer related components, including storage systems and telecommunications (Glanz, 2012). A data center comprises of backup or redundant power supplies, environmental controls like air conditioning and fire suppression, connections of redundant data links and diverse security devices. According to Glanz (2012), large data centers make industrial scale operations which consume electricity, sufficient to run a small town. On the other hand, data centers have also been cited as sources of air pollution, resulting from diesel exhaust (Glanz, 2012). This research paper will look into how green data centers potentiate energy efficiency, to reduce power consumption which has posed hazardous economic and global warming effects. The availability and cost of energy for the power-hungry electronic devices like computers, has become a major concern, and as a result, many companies, governments and industries are seeking ways of controlling energy consumption and reduce carbon footprint as well (Thrash, 2012). For instance, there is a likelihood of data centers consuming an estimate of 2% of the United States electrical grid capacity, translating to $2 billion in utility bills per month (Thrash, 2012). According to McKinsey & Company, by 2020, carbon dioxide emission from data centers is estimated to quadruple, exceeding airline industry emission. This is attributed to the rapid growth of computing power (Thrash, 2012). Carbon footprint is the measurement associated with emitted greenhouse gases by a particular entity over a specific period of time, ... ... middle of paper ... ...ieved September 25, 2012. http://www.tiaonline.org/standards/ Mata-Toledo, R., & Gupta, P. (2010). Green data center: how green can we perform? Journal of Technology Research. Retrieved from < http://www.aabri.com/manuscripts/10516.pdf> Population Institute (2007), Protect the Planet, and Hurry, http://www.populationinstitute.org/newsroom/opeds/view/6/ Thrash, B. (2012). The Green Data Center Opportunity. The Datacenter Journal. Retrieved from http://www.datacenterjournal.com/facilities/the-green-data-center-opportunity/ United States Department of Energy. (2009). The smart grid: An introduction [Brochure]. Retrieved from http://www.oe.energy.gov/DocumentsandMedia/DOE_SG_Book_Single_Pages.pdf Zhang, X., Zhao, X., Lin, Y., & Zeng, L. (2010). Key Technologies for Green Data Center. Third International Symposium on Information Processing.
According to the National Bureau of Economic Research, DST increases overall energy consumption by “approximately 1 percent” (Kotchen) and rises to 2-4 percent in the fall. The use of air conditioning, television, lighting, and other appliances causes the residential energy demand to
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Instilling this new way of energy usage into off-grid communities will inevitably increase the state of living for those in cities and other well populated areas. The change to renewable energy sources could drastically lower the pollutants currently being dispersed into the atmosphere by coal mines and other harmful power options,
your carbon footprint is to look closely at each product you use, and find a more carbon efficient version.
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The Macbook Pro Retina is one of the most popular technological products in the current market. The Macbook Pro is marketed as the greenest notebook by Apple but there are elements of the product that are not environmentally sound. This is proven with the study from the process from cradle to grave of the new Macbook Pro Retina. The environmental impact of the Macbook Pro can be measured by the lack of recyclability in the creation stage, the level of emissions in the transportation stage, the facilitation of disposal by Apple and local governments, and the economic viability of the MacBook Pro.
Based on Laurel Nesbit, a program assistant in the Office of Sustainability here at UF, our campus manages to utilize 470,000 Megawatts of energy annually. This figure is generated from all the energy-consuming gadgets that operate on our campus on a daily bases. These gadgets include computers that are left turned on over the night even they are not in use, copiers, and the fume hoods in our laboratories. Admittedly, the success and the health of wellbeing of the students is contingent upon some of these equipment. For instance, the laboratories need the fume hoods in order to keep the experimenters safe. Instead of casting these necessities away, we can develop alternatives which will be capable of generating energy in order to compensate for the electricity that we endlessly
In addition to the fact that solar, wind, and hydro power are local resources, they are also emission free resources. Emissions and pollution are a key concern with traditional power sources. The coal-fired plants that dominate U.S. energy production also produce more emissions than any other energy source. “Em...
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Buildings and the appliances alone account for 40 percent of America 's energy use and a third of our global warming emissions (NRDC). New buildings will need to meet new energy-efficiency standards that maximize energy savings and existing homes and commercial spaces can be improved to save energy through weatherizing and installing energy efficient heating, cooling and lighting systems. Ultimately, this will not only be energy efficient but also cost effective as well. In the bigger picture, retrofitting just 1 out of every 5 homes would avoid the need to build 13 mid-sized power plants every year. Retrofitting every house in the country would cut as much global warming pollution as taking a half a million cars off the road – and would save more oil and gas than we could extract from drilling in our coastal waters (NRDC). In the long run, creating more efficient communities through homes and buildings, we could cut back on the global warming issues we are dealing
1.- INTRODUCTION: Without doubt, the 20th century has changed our priorities, especially when it comes to the way we do business. Popular sustainable business models, as advertised in the media, have evolved into much more than a moral obligation or an external requirement to generate money. Essentially, they are forcing companies to reinvent the systems and approaches with which they generate value and profitability for the company.
Environmentally Friendly Electric vehicles are today’s zero-emission vehicles. They have no tailpipes and emit no pollutants. Instead of gasoline from oil refineries, electric vehicles get their “fuel” from electric power stations. Although power plants using fossil fuels do have emissions, power plant emissions generated for electric vehicle use are typically much lower than emissions from the comparable use of gasoline-powered cars. For power plants using renewable energy sources like wind, solar and hydropower, no air pollution is created.
Sustainable buildings are becoming somewhat of a necessity in the world today. As the demand for green building develops, so does the demand for green building materials. Just as the old techniques and building materials seem to disappear in the assembly of things, they are now making a come back. Green building focuses on the efficiency of major resources like water and energy. As the cost for sustainable materials and products are on the decline, building green seems to be the most cost effective kind of design and construction. Looking specifically at green materials and their impact on the production of structures, it is evident that they are a prime choice for building material. The use of green materials should be promoted because they are better for the environment, more healthful for the consumer, and better for the economy.
Green architecture is an approach to building which has become more popular in the last 25 to 30 years. Also known as sustainable design, green architecture is a method of design that minimizes the impact of building on the environment. Once thought of as unconventional and nonstandard, both regulatory agencies and the public alike are quickly accepting green architecture as a socially responsible and logical means of construction.