Green Computing - Annotated Bibliography Example

Download file to see previous pages All the hardware that is being used in the computing world, has a direct impact on the environment which is not directly interpreted but in a passive way, it impacts the environment and this process has been a continuous one that is eating up the green ground of the earth (Harris 2008).
Different proponents from the field of technology have expressed their concern in various ways. One similar example in this regard is the phenomena and formula formalized by Paul Ehrlich (Aronson 2008), who presents an equation and terms technology as one of the contributing factors towards the pollution and environmental imbalance that is being caused. The variables of that formula include the human impact, the population of the masses and most importantly the technological impact and its relevance with regard to environmental hazards.
The efforts that were brought into action towards greener operation can be actually traced back to the last decade of the 20th century when the scientists and the environmentalists realized that the digital devices were doing considerable damage to the environment. Proponents in this regard and early work were the Energy Star Program and Environmental Protection Agency which took a serious note of the prevailing situation and aimed at resolving that in time before it could possibly go out of hand.
Gartner Inc, through its studies has evaluated that the overall percentage of carbon dioxide emission that is being emitted into the atmosphere, the 2 percent of it comes directly from the use of digital devices which are being brought into use through the digital activities that are being conducted in one form or the other (W.B 2007).  ...Download file to see next pagesRead More