This document outlines objectives to understand green computing concepts and propose a plan for Sri Lanka to go green. It covers the background of green computing, why it is important due to e-waste hazards and power consumption, and currently available solutions and technologies. The objectives are to understand green computing, learn its history and drivers, barriers to implementation, and develop a strategy for Sri Lanka to adopt green computing practices.

2. Out Line
• Objectives
• Covered topics
• Further Work

3. Objectives
• Understand the green computing concept
• Background of Green Computing
• Why this is important
• Currently available solutions & Technologies
• Identify barriers for implementation
• Propose a plan for Sri Lanka to go green

4. Covered Objectives
• Understand the green computing concept
• Background of Green Computing
• Why this is important
• Currently available solutions & Technologies
• Identify barriers for implementation
• Propose a plan for Sri Lanka to go green

5. Green Computing Concept
Study and practice of
 Designing
 Manufacturing
 Using
 disposing of all computing devices, (computers,
servers, and associated subsystems such as monitors,
printers, storage devices, and networking and
communications systems ) efficiently and effectively
with minimal or no impact on the environment.

6. Green Computing Concept

7. History
 Energy Star Program
 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
 United Status Department of Energy (DoE)
 Swedish organization launched the TCO Certification
program

8. History
• The Organization for Economic Co-operation
and Development (OECD)
• 2010 American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act (ARRA) was signed into legislation of US
Business Organizational Actions
• IBM reduction Co2 emission program
• VMware virtualization
• VIA technologies

9. Why Green Computing
• Growing of E wastage and Hazardous
materials
• Power consumption issues

10. Growing of E wastage and Hazardous
materials
• List of chemicals in E wastage
(lead, cadmium, mercury, and other toxics )
• email of 1 MB would be the equivalent to the
emission of 19 grams of CO2
• Careless ways of dumping E wastages

11. Power consumption issues
• Currently 3% of world energy consumption
• Data centers’ power consumption
• Individual behaviors

12. Further Work
• Understand the green computing concept
• Background of Green Computing
• Why this is important
• Currently available solutions & Technologies
• Identify barriers for implementation
• Propose a plan for Sri Lanka to go green

13. Thank you!!
Q & A