How many times have your parents asked you to turn the tap off in order to avoid wasting water? How many times have you opted to purchase an energy-saving lamp in order to reduce your electricity bill? The power consumption of home PC ranges from 400 to 650 Wt1 - enough to illuminate 6-10 lamps, but have you ever considered managing your PC energy consumption? Nowadays there is a solution for that concern and it is known as PC power management. It “refers to the mechanism for controlling the power use of personal computer hardware. This is typically through the use of software that puts the hardware into the lowest power demand state available.”[1] It may vary from “plug-and-play” software for home users up to complex software solutions for enterprises. The Cleantech market intelligence firm forecasts that PC power management software alone could be saving almost 47 mt CO2 of emissions by 2015, equivalent to taking nearly 8 million cars off the road.[2]
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
¿Que diablos es Green IT?
¿Que diablos es Green IT?
Like some of our readers (or perhaps
not) our first reaction to Green IT was: an important, clean, complicated and intangible
technology that makes a significant impact on the way we interact with our electronics
devices. We were inclined to believe
that the responsibility of being green in the field of technology was in the
hands of corporations. However, upon
further investigation, we were tasked with discovering the truth about Green
IT. Our team found that we were
partially right, but unfortunately we missed the heart of the issue. We realized that all of us are responsible
for our IT consumption and we can all impact the management of resources. In a nutshell, according to an article by
Laurie McCabe from Computing.com on the subject[1], Green IT is consciously reducing the
consumption in all areas related to information technology in order to efficiently
manage resources (energy, materials disposal, printed paper, etc.) and avoid
unnecessary waste. This sounds good, so
what’s the issue?
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