ML1611 Green Computing Department of AML 2024-2025

ML1611 GREEN COMPUTING LPTC3003

OBJECTIVES:
To acquire knowledge to adopt green computing practices to minimize negative impacts on the environment,
skill in energy saving practices in their use of hardware, examine technology tools that can reduce paper waste
and carbon footprint by user, and to understand how to minimize equipment disposal requirements

UNIT I FUNDAMENTALS 9
Green IT Fundamentals: Business, IT, and the Environment Green computing: carbon foot print, scoop
onpower-Green IT Strategies: Drivers, Dimensions, and Goals– Environmentally Responsible Business:Policies,
Practices, and Metrics.

UNIT II GREEN ASSETS AND MODELING 9

Green Assets: Buildings, Data Centers, Networks, and Devices–Green Business Process-Management:Modeling,
Optimization, and Collaboration– Green Enterprise Architecture– Environmental Intelligence– Green Supply
Chains– Green Information Systems: Design and Development Models.

UNIT III GRID FRAMEWORK 9

Virtualization of IT systems– Role of electric utilities, Telecommuting, teleconferencing and teleporting–
Materials recycling– Best ways for Green PC– Green Data center– Green Grid framework.

UNIT IV GREEN COMPLIANCE 9

Socio-cultural aspects of Green IT– Green Enterprise Transformation Roadmap–Green Compliance:Protocols,
Standards, and Audits– Emergent Carbon Issues: Technologies and Future

UNIT V CASE STUDIES 9

The Environmentally Responsible Business Strategies (ERBS)– Case Study Scenarios for Trial Runs– Case
Studies– Applying Green IT Strategies and Applications to a Home, Hospital, Packaging Industry and Telecom
Sector.

TOTAL : 45 PERIODS

OUTCOMES:
 Acquire knowledge to adopt green computing practices to minimize negative impacts on the
environment.
 Enhance the skill in energy saving practices in their use of hardware.
 Evaluate technology tools that can reduce paper waste and carbon footprint by the stakeholders.
 Understand the ways to minimize equipment disposal requirements.
 Learn about various case studies
TEXT BOOK:
1.BhuvanUnhelkar, “Green IT Strategies and Applications-Using Environmental Intelligence”, CRC Press, June
2011 2.

2.Woody Leonhard, Katherrine Murray, “Green Home computing for dummies”, August 2009.

REFERENCES
1. Alin Gales, Michael Schaefer, Mike Ebbers, “Green Data Center: steps for the Journey”, Shoff/IBM
rebook, 2011.
2. John Lamb, “The Greening of IT”, Pearson Education, 2009.
3. Jason Harris, “Green Computing and Green IT- Best Practices on regulations & industry”, Lulu.com,
2008.
4. Carl speshocky, “Empowering Green Initiatives with IT”, John Wiley & Sons, 2010.

ML1611- GREEN COMPUTING

Corresponding Lab, with code (If any) :NO
Course Prerequisites: NO

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Course Outcomes
Upon completion of the course, students will be able to
ML16110.1 Acquire knowledge to adopt green computing practices to minimize negative impacts on the environment
ML16110.2 Enhance the skill in energy saving practices in their use of hardware.
ML1611.3 Evaluate technology tools that can reduce paper waste and carbon footprint by the stakeholders.
ML1611.4 Understand the ways to minimize equipment disposal requirements .
ML1611.5 Learn about various case studies
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UNIT I – FUNDAMENTALS
Sl. Knowledge No. of Hrs to Books
Course Content
No. level be handled Referred
1 Green IT Fundamentals: Business BL1 1 T1
2 Green IT Fundamentals: IT BL1 1 T1
3 Green IT Fundamentals: Environment BL3 1 T1
4 carbon foot print BL1 1 T1
5 scoop onpower BL2 1 T1
6 Green IT Strategies: Drivers BL2 1 T1
7 Green IT Strategies: Dimensions and Goals BL2 1 T1
8 Environmentally Responsible Business:Policies BL2 1 T1
9 Practices, and Metrics. BL3 1 T1
UNIT II – GREEN ASSETS AND MODELING
Sl. Knowledge No. of Hrs to Books
Course Content
No. level be handled Referred
1 Green Assets: Buildings, Data Centers BL1 1 T1
2 Green Assets: Networks, and Devices BL2 1 T1
3 Green Business Process-Management:Modeling BL2 1 T1
4 Green Business Process-Management:Optimization BL2 1 T1
5 Green Business Process-Management: Collaboration BL2 1 T1
6 Green Enterprise Architecture BL2 1 T1
7 Environmental Intelligence BL2 1 T1
8 Green Supply Chains BL2 1 T1
9 Green Information Systems: Design, Development Models BL3 1 T1
UNIT III – GRID FRAMEWORK
Books
Sl. Knowledge No. of Hrs to
Course Content Referre
No. level be handled
d
1 Virtualization of IT systems BL1 1 T2
2 Role of electric utilities BL2 1 T2
3 Telecommuting BL2 1 T2
4 teleconferencing BL2 1 T2
5 Teleporting BL2 1 T2
6 Materials recycling BL2 1 T2
7 Best ways for Green PC BL2 1 T2
8 Green Data center BL2 1 T2
9 Green Grid framework. BL2 1 T2

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UNIT IV - COMPLIANCE

Sl. Knowledge No. of Hrs to Books

Course Content
No. level be handled Referred
1 Socio-cultural aspects of Green IT BL1 2 T1
2 Green Enterprise Transformation Roadmap BL2 1 T1
3 Green Compliance:Protocols BL2 1 T1
4 Green Compliance: Standards BL2 1 T1
5 Green Compliance: Audits BL2 1 T1
6 Emergent Carbon Issues BL2 1 T1
7 Technologies BL2 1 T1
8 Understanding Future BL2 1 T1
UNIT V – CASE STUDIESs
Sl. Knowledge No. of Hrs to Books
Course Content
No. level be handled Referred
1 The Environmentally Responsible Business Strategies (ERBS) BL2 2 T1
2 Case Study Scenarios for Trial Runs BL3 1 T1
3 Case Studies BL3 1 T1
4 Applying Green IT Strategies BL3 1 T1
5 Applications to a Home BL3 1 T1
6 Applications to a Hospital BL3 1 T1
7 Applications to a Packaging Industry BL3 1 T1
8 Applications to a Telecom Sector BL3 1 T1
BL1 – Remember, BL2 – Understand, BL3– Apply, BL4 – Analyze, BL5- Evaluate, BL6-Create
Sl. No. Content beyond syllabus Knowledge level Course Outcomes
1 Developing Green Computing applications BL6 CO5

TEXT BOOK:
1.BhuvanUnhelkar, “Green IT Strategies and Applications-Using Environmental Intelligence”, CRC Press, June
2011 2.

2.Woody Leonhard, Katherrine Murray, “Green Home computing for dummies”, August 2009.

REFERENCES
1. Alin Gales, Michael Schaefer, Mike Ebbers, “Green Data Center: steps for the Journey”, Shoff/IBM
rebook, 2011.
2. John Lamb, “The Greening of IT”, Pearson Education, 2009.
3. Jason Harris, “Green Computing and Green IT- Best Practices on regulations & industry”, Lulu.com,
2008.
4. Carl speshocky, “Empowering Green Initiatives with IT”, John Wiley & Sons, 2010.

UNIT I FUNDAMENTALS 9
Green IT Fundamentals: Business, IT, and the Environment Green computing: carbon foot print, scoop onpower-
Green IT Strategies: Drivers, Dimensions, and Goals– Environmentally Responsible Business:Policies, Practices, and
Metrics.
UNIT I /PART- A
1. Define Green computing.
Green computing, also known as green technology, is the use of computers and othercomputing
devices and equipment in energy-efficient and eco-friendly ways. Organizations that usegreen

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computing methods often deploy energy-efficient central processing units (CPUs),

servers,peripherals and power systems. They also focus on reducing resource use and properly
disposing ofphysical and electronic waste (e-waste).
2. What are the 3Rs of Green IT?
Reduce, Recycle, ReuseREDUCE:
The best way to manage waste is to not produce it. This can be done by shopping carefullyand
being aware of a few guidelines.
REUSE:
It makes economic and environmental sense to reuse products. Sometimes it takescreativity
RECYCLE:
Recycling is a series of steps that takes a used material and processes, remanufactures,and sells
it as a new product. Begin recycling at home and at work

3. Distinguish between AI and BI.

AI BI
1Artificial intelligence involveshumans 1.Business intelligence involves
like computer intelligence. intelligent decision-making.

2.It is mainly used in robotics, 2.It is used in data extraction and

imagerecognition, virtual gaming, data warehousingtechniques
fuzzylogic, etc.

3.It uses the BFS (Breadth FirstSearch 3.It uses the linear aggression
algorithm) and follows the FIFOprinciple module for classifying data.

4.It deals with the principles

ofstatistical analysis.

4. What the major factors that contribute to carbon emissions in an organization?

The most important factors include economic growth, industrialization, urbanization,technology
progress, foreign direct investment, and energy consumption.Most of the existing studies are
based on OLS framework to explore the relation betweencarbon emissions and related factors.

5. Point out the specific ways in which a comprehensive Green IT strategy is benefits
anorganization.
• Reduce Environmental Impact and Landfill Waste. ...
• Reuse
• Recycle
• Cost and Energy Saving
• Brand Reputation
• Customer Attraction and Retention
• Improved Culture
6. Give the Major IT Area Influencing Environment
Technology- Technological factors include production techniques, information
andcommunication resources, production, logistics, marketing, and e-commerce technologies.
Competition, Resources, Consumers, And Laws And Regulations
7. What is ERBS?
• ERBS (Environmentally Responsible Business Strategies). Focus on to achieve a

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greenEnterprise and meet the needs of various stake holders.

• The ERBS is made up of five phases:
• Green Business architecture
• Green Process mapping
• Creation of organization specific ERBS
• Implement reengineered processes and employ ERBS
• Improve continuously to monetize emissions
8. List four encompassing layers of a comprehensive Green IT vision of an enterprise
Business
Applications
Information
Technology

9. Classify the challenges of low carbon Economy.

Challenges/Concerns:
 Low carbon technologiesin Fossil Fuel sector
 Nuclear
 Renewable Energy
 PublicPerception
 Energy efficiencymeasures need to bepromoted, costlymeasures
 Concerns onradiation and wastemanagement
 Awareness, Publicparticipationiscritical
10 Define Carbon foot print
A carbon footprint refers to the amount of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gasemissions
generated by human activity. It is also one of the primary indicators used to understandone's
impact on global warming.
11 Illustratethe concepts of Business intelligence.
Business intelligence concepts refer to the usage of digital computing technologies in theform of
data warehouses, analytics and visualization with the aim of identifying and analyzingessential
business-based data to generate new, actionable corporate insights.
12 Compareenvironmental practices that can be incorporated in green organization.
Be Intentional About Sustainability, Partner with Employees, Water And ElectricConservation,
Supply Chains, Develop a Recycling Program ,ChemicalManagementPurchase Only Energy
Efficient Products, Develop Sustainability Work Policies.

13 Describethe impact of BI to EI.

Employees with Business Intelligence dashboards have all the important information theyneed at
their fingertips. Focusing on important tasks makes the employees more efficient and feelmore
fulfilled.
14 Giveelements of an ERBS forming the Green Strategies Mix.
• Corporate goals
• Objectives
• Strategies
• Tactics
• Market and Consumer target audience

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15 Illustrate the Drivers for environmental responsibility of business

Comply with environmental legislation
Hazardous substances covered by environmental legislation
Waste and recycling
Conservation and biodiversity issues for businesses
Prevent and remedy pollution incidents
16 What are the Steps in developing an ERBS?
Green Business architecture
Green Process mapping
Creation of organization specific ERBS
Implement reengineered processes and employ ERBS
Improve continuously to monetize emissions
17 Generalize about Green organizational goals to be achieved
Do more
Improve environmental monitoring and analysis
Create clear methodologies for sustainable development indicators
Improve national statistical systems
Make data more accessible
Focus on local and regional contexts
18 Evaluate about Lean Impact on Green .
The statistical analysis also showed that lean environmental practices and green practices
arepositively associated. The research showed that lean and green has also a positive impact on
thelogistics processes of companies.
19 Generalize your views about Environmentally responsible business policies.
One of the most fundamental problems of the world we live in is environmental
pollution.Namely, different environmental problems such as acid rain, contamination of
agricultural foods,GMO products, pollution of drinking water, and global warming problems
endanger the lives of bothpeople and all living things. Since the environment is the interaction of
all living organisms with air,water, and soil, problems in the environment can naturally create
different risks in the lives of livingorganisms
20 Define green sustainable policy.
A Green Policy is your company's statement about the commitment to sustainability
andenvironmental management that your business is prepared to make. Having a formal green
policyshows your employees and customers that managing environmental issues is a high priority
for your company.
21 What is included in a green computing strategy?
• IT managers typically focus energy efficiency efforts on data centers, equipment
rooms,storage areas and other elements that use energy or are affected by energy use.
• Saving money is one driving factor
• Government regulations dealing with energy conservation also drive green efforts.
Concernabout climate change, along with internal and external pressure to be
environmentallyresponsible, is a third factor behind the green movement.
22 List the steps involved in green computing strategies.
Remote work
Smart technology
Upgrade and rearrange the data center
Power down
Strategic scheduling
Display selection
Computer selection
Power management
Temperature check
E-waste
23 Define Green IT?
Green IT is the study of using computing resources effectively. It includes,

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Environmental sustainability
Energy Efficiency
Cost of Ownership (making, disposal)
24 Define Carbon Foot Print?
A Carbon Foot Print is the amount of greenhouse gases and specifically carbon dioxide emitted
bysomething during a given period.
25 What is the information required for measuring the carbon foot print?
Facilities
Operations
Transportation
Travel
Purchases
26 List out the need for Carbon Footprint?
Helping company to improve its efficiencies.
Reducing Costs.
Getting public Recognition.
Maintain link in the supply chain. Good impact on customer.
27 What are the categories of Green IT Drivers?
Costs
Regulatory and legal
Socio cultural and Political , New market Opportunities
Enlightened self-interest, A responsible business eco-system
28 List out the most significant constituents of GHG’s?
Carbon dioxide (CO2)
Methane
Nitrous Oxide
Chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) gases
29 What are the business dimensions of Green IT?
Economy
Technical
Process
People
30 What is the purpose of an organization to go green?
Increasing energy consumption
Growing consumer interest in environmentally friendly goods and services.
Higher expectations by the public on enterprises.
Environmental responsibilities and emerging stricter regulatory and compliancerequirements.
UNIT I / Part – B
1 Explain the Diagram Information technology influence business, society, and environment
2 Give the challenges of carbon economy.
3 Explain interplay of business and environment through information technology.
4 1.Examine the Green Enterprise Characteristics
2.Classify the impact of Business to Environmental Intelligence.
5 1.explain Green IT Drivers?
2.Identify the impact of Business to Environmental Intelligence.
6 What are Environmental factors influencing organization’s business strategies over next 3-5
years.
7 Summarize the impact of green IT policies in three ways (length, breadth, depth).
8 1.Illustrate Economy, people, processes, and technology dimensions in an ERBS.
9 Generalize the concepts of steps developing an ERBS.
10 List the various green policies that are implemented through practices, and proved through
metrices.
11 Explain coverage of carbon metrics.
12 Summarize KPIs in Green strategies.

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13 Give the two steps to find actors and goals.

14 Explain what are the four dimension a long which an organization can be transform to a green
organization.
15 Describe and discuss the importance of consortiums in an 8+year Green IT strategy

UNIT II GREEN ASSETS AND MODELING

Green Assets: Buildings, Data Centers, Networks, and Devices–Green Business Process-Management:Modeling,
Optimization, and Collaboration– Green Enterprise Architecture– Environmental Intelligence– Green Supply
Chains– Green Information Systems: Design and Development Models.
UNIT I /PART- A
1 DefineGreen Assets.
Anything that has social, environmental and or economic value that is owned by an individual,business,
family or community. It includes intangible, non-physical assets, resources and rights.
2 Illustratethe type of assets.
Establish (Procure)
Operate (Run)
Dispose (Demolish)
3 “The role of greenmobile”-Justify.
• A green mobile application will save the battery of the mobile phone while enabling the user
tobenefit from the great features and good performance
• The important contributions of this work are as follows: Provide awareness to the youth on
theimportance of green computing.
• Green Mobile is a virtual network service powered by Resource Utilities, a UK
licensedtelecommunications company specialising in fundraising for charities through
innovativeaffinity schemes
4 Discover what is Green Data Centers
A green data center is a repository for the storage, management and dissemination of data inwhich the
mechanical, lighting, electrical and computer systems are designed to maximizeenergy efficiency and
minimize environmental impact.
5 Define Carbon Emitting Bit.
A carbon footprint is the total amount of greenhouse gases (including carbon dioxide andmethane) that
are generated by our actions. The average carbon footprint for a person in the UnitedStates is 16 tons,
one of the highest rates in the world. Globally, the average carbon footprint is closerto 4 tons.
6 Analyze the factors influencing Green data center.
Green Data Centers are responsible for the efficient use of computing resources in an eco-friendly
manner1) PUE (Power Usage Effectiveness)2) Knowledge of Data Center Power Usage Effectiveness3)
Supply Air Temperature in Data
7 Generalize your view on Tools used for measuring carbon emissions.

Carbon stocks can be estimated by applying carbon density values from ground data ornational forest
inventories across land cover/vegetation maps obtained by remotely-sensed data.Spatial vegetation
information from optical satellite sensors can be related to ground-basedmeasurements to estimate
carbon stocks
8 Summarize the list of Green Process Categories
Wastewater treatment
Elimination of industrial emissions
Recycling and waste management
Self-sufficient buildings
Waste-to-Energy
Generation of energy from the waves
Vehicles that do not emit gases
Harnessing solar energy
Vertical gardens and farms
Natural gas boilers
9 Analyze the concepts Green business process management.
Green BPM is to analyze business processes with the goal of making them more sustainable.Therefore,
the Green BPM seeks to:

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• Verify the resources and supplies being used in each activity, and analyze how they may
beharming the environment.
• Analyze the activities of a process to evaluate how each of them can be improved in terms
ofsustainability.
10 Interpret the factors of Green BPM.

Strategic Alignment
Governance
Methods
Information Technology
People
Culture
11 Distinguish between coupling and cohesion.
Cohesion Coupling
Cohesion is the measure of degree of Coupling is the measure of degree of
relationship between elements of a module. relationship between different modules.
It is an intra module concept. It is an inter module concept.
It represents relationships within the module. It helps represent the relationships between the
modules.
Increased cohesion is considered to be good for Increased coupling has to be avoided in
the software. software.
It represents the functional strength of the It represents the independence among the
modules. modules.
12 Whento use Patterns?
Patterns make our task simpler. Problems are easier to solve when they share patterns,because we can
use the same problem-solving solution wherever the pattern exists. The morepatterns we can find, the
easier and quicker our overall task of problem solving will be.
13 Generalize the concepts of responsibility. What are the
various types of responsibilities?
• Responsibility refers to an obligation to perform certain functions in order to achieve
certainresults.
• The main characteristics or features of responsibility:
• An organization can assign responsibility to human beings only and not to any non-livingobjects
such as a machine, equipment, etc.
• Responsibility can be divided into
self and social accountability.
The division can be classified further into several categories; these categories can be in theforms of
individual responsibility, parental responsibility, social cooperate responsibility, andenvironmental
responsibility.
14 Discuss the benefits VPN.
VPN -virtual private network :
Privacy
- by masking things like your IP address, location, and search history, to keep them from beingtracked by
websites, internet browsers, cable companies, internet service providers (ISPs), and others.
Security
-by helping protect your personal information and other data as it’s in transit, or being sent
from and received by your device.
15 Define Green information system(GIS)
• A GIS (or a CEMS (Carbon Emission Management Software) or EIS(Environmental
IntelligenceSystem)) is a software system that provides support to the business to implement
itsenvironment responsible business strategies (ERBS).
• It has processes and applications that help analyze that data, identify the trends, and,
eventually,it has interfaces that present, report, and interact (and collaborate) with other
external sourcesof carbon services and data

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16 What is Regulatory Standards Portal(RSP)

• RSP is a large portal that will be maintained by the government agency responsible for
emissioncontrol within a country or region.
• The RSP will have to have detailed and continuously updated information on the
pollutantcategories that are producing the carbon emission
17 Give the Major phases in GIS
• The five steps in the analysis process are:
• Frame the question.
• Explore and prepare data.
• Choose analysis methods and tools.
• Perform the analysis.
• Examine and refine results.
18 IllustrateSCM
Supply chain management is the management of the flow of goods and services and includes
allprocesses that transform raw materials into final products.
19 What are the three activities of Green assets?
•Establish (Procure)
• Operate (Run)
• Dispose (Demolish)
20 Which are the key elements of Green Data Center?
Minimizing the footprints of the buildings.
Sustainable landscaping.
Waste recycling.
The use of low-emission building materials carpets and paints.
The use of hybrid or electric company vehicles
21 Define Green Communication?
Green Communication is the practice of selecting energy efficient communications andnetworking
technologies and products, minimizing resource used whenever possible in allbranches of
communication.
22 What is a mobile network in communication?
Mobile communication networks are a type of telecommunications networks with a collection of
terminals, entities and nodes connected to each other through links that enable telecommunication

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between the users of the terminals.

23 Define green reengineering?
A green reengineering framework is proposed that establishes a research agenda in the green.It
improves business domain from the information systems, management perspective.
24 Write some of the uses of reengineering?
• Business process reengineering improves quality by reducing the fragmentation of work
andestablishing clear ownership of processes.
• The workers gain responsibility to their output and can measure their performance based onprompt
feedback
25 What are the categories of green processes?
 Individual
 Organizational
 Collaborative

26 Define Enterprise
 An enterprise is a high level strategic view of an organization and architecture
 It implies astructural frame for the analysis,planning and development of resources

27 List the categories of requirements

 Green Business Architecture
 Green Information Architecture
 Green Solution Architecture
 Green Enterprise Architecture
28 Define Local Area Networks (LAN)?
The local networks of the organization that are made up of the physical connections among themachines
and primarily the data center
29 Define WAN?
The Wide Area Networks of an organization enables communication amongst its desktop andlaptop
machines with and beyond its data center.

UNIT II / Part – B
1 What are the major activities relating to the infrastructure assets that has the following carbon
repercussions?
2 Explain the types of Assets (Categories) and their Impact on the Environment.
3 1. Explain the green data centers influencing factors.
2. explain in detail A carbon-emitting bit.
4 Demonstrate policies and practice of green P-O-D in the context of Devices and peripherals.
5 Generalize your idea on green business process management
6 Explain in detail how can cloud computing help reduce carbon emission?
7 1.Give Green process categories and their carbon impact.
2.discuss the individual, organizational, and collaborative green processes.
8 What is Green BPM? Discuss the role green BPM plays in the reduction of an organizational carbon
footprint.
9 Discuss in detail about various views of a comprehensive green enterprise architecture: mapping design
10 Examine the environmental intelligence.
11 Examine in detail about Deployment diagram for GIS.
12 Describe the concepts component diagram for GIS.
13 .Explain the elements of a green ICT information porta.
14 Analyze the supplier Contract conditions in the context of Environmental Intelligence.
15 Analyze the sequence diagram (dynamic model) for “emissions check”.

UNIT III GRID FRAMEWORK 9

Virtualization of IT systems– Role of electric utilities, Telecommuting, teleconferencing and
teleporting– Materials recycling– Best ways for Green PC– Green Data center– Green Grid
framework.
UNIT I /PART- A
1. Define Virtualization

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Virtualization is the creation of a virtual version of something, such as an operating system (OS), aserver,
a storage device or network resources. Virtualization uses software that simulates hardwarefunctionality
to create a virtual system.
2. List out the types of virtualization.
 Application Virtualization.
 Network Virtualization.
 Desktop Virtualization.
 Storage Virtualization.
 Server Virtualization.
3. Expressbenefits of telecommuting offered to individuals andbusinesses.
 Better work-life balance.
 Increased flexibility.
 Reduced operational costs.
 Reduced expenses for employees.
 Security concerns.

4. DefineTelecommuting
Telecommuting is the ability for an employee to complete work assignments from outside thetraditional
workplace by using telecommunications tools such as email, phone, chat and video apps.
5. Expressthree tips to go Green with your PC
 Check your power management settings.
 Make your next PC an EPEAT PC
 Refurb, Reuse, Recycle
6. IllustrateSomeofthebigchallengesyou’relikelytoencounterasyoubegintotelecommute
 Difficult communication
 Poor relationships
 Overwhelming schedule
 Loss of culture.
 Loneliness
7. Define Environmental Product Environment Assessment
EPEAT (Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool) is a ranking system that helpspurchasers in
the public and private sectors evaluate, compare and select desktop computers,notebooks and monitors
based on their environmental attributes.
8. List out the benefits of Virtualization?
 Server Consolidation
 Energy consumption
 Better availability
 Disaster recovery
9. Comparevirtualization techniques
Virtualization is the answer to resolving the power consumption of data centers. One of the primary
goals of almost all forms of virtualization is to make efficient use of resources including energy. Simply
defining virtualization is to make a single piece of hardware function as multiple parts.
10. IllustrateFormula for data center infrastructure efficiency(DCiE)
DCIE is the reciprocal of Power Usage Efficiency (PUE). PUE is defined as the total facility power dividedby
the IT equipment power. That means that DCiE = 1/PUE.
11. Givethe Advantages of using green PC.
Green computing can save energy.
Green computing can save money in the long run.
More sophisticated recycling processes.
Waste reduction.
12. Comparison between Server virtualization and application virtualization.
Server virtualization Application virtualization.
1.Offers greater flexibility to virtual 1.A lesser level of flexibility in
infrastructure comparison
2.Maintenance of applications is difficult 2.Allows easier maintenance of
applications
3.Cost can be a concern depending on the 3.Cost-effective solution

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use case

4.Access and authentication management 4.Access and authentication

iscomparatively difficult management iscomparativelyeasie
13. Analyzethe Benefits of Green datacenter.
 Improved Energy Efficiencies
 Increased Productivity
 Cost Reductions
 Storage Consolidation
 Enhanced Security, Mitigated Risk
14. Generalizethe concept of energy usage in datacenter
Data centers that support businesses, internet services and our social media lives use lots ofenergy.
Global data centre electricity use in 2020 was 200-250 TWh, and data transmission networksconsumed
260-340 TWh in 2020
15. DifferentiateTelecommuting and Teleconferencing
Telecommuting Teleconferencing
Telecommuting offer a straightforwardinterface to its users to respond the callsTeleconferencing offers
more options toreduce distractions to its usersthe quality of performance oftelecommuting software is
much betterthanteleconferencingthe quality of performance ofteleconferencing software is not
betterthantelecommutingCost is more Cost is lessGreater productivity Lesser productivity
16. Analyzethe concepts of Power usage Efficiency(PUE)
Power usage effectiveness (PUE) is a metric used to determine the energy efficiency of a data center.PUE
is determined by dividing the total amount of power entering a data center by the power used to runthe
IT equipment within it.
17. Summarizethe Special virtualization features of IBM systems
Resource efficiency
Easier management
Minimal downtime
Faster provisioning
18. Define Green grid
The Green Grid is a nonprofit, industry consortium of end-users, policy-makers, technologyproviders,
facility architects, and utility companies collaborating to improve the resource efficiency ofdata centers
19. Illustratethe concepts Green grid framework.
The Green Grid is a nonprofit, open industry consortium consisting of end users,
policymakers,technology providers, facility architects and utility companies. It is a joint collaboration that
aims toimprove the energy efficiency of data centers and business computing systems.
20. Whento use material recycling?
 Reduces the amount of waste sent to landfills and incinerators
 Conserves natural resources such as timber, water and minerals
 Increases economic security by tapping a domestic source of materials
 Prevents pollution by reducing the need to collect new raw materials
 Saves energy
21. What is the role of hypervisor?
The hypervisor isolates operating systems and applications from the underlying computerhardware so
the host machine can run multiple virtual machines (VM) as guests that share the system'sphysical
compute resources, such as processor cycles, memory space, network bandwidth and so on.
22. What are the basic concepts of consolidation and virtualization?
•Leveraging existing IT Assets like Servers, Storage and Network resources.
•Increasing the efficiency of IT Professionals through centralized simplified management.
• Improving Availability and Ensuring Business Continuity.
•Defeat Data Center sprawl and Infrastructure underutilization.
23. What are the benefits in consolidating servers?
Decrease in cooling and electrical costs
Reduction in server load growth and data center expansion
Reduction in warranty and licensing costs
Purchasing power of commodity hardware as opposed to specialized hardware
Business agility with the ability to leverage cloud and shared infrastructure

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24. Define the term recycling?

Recycling is one of the most efficient ways to combat e-waste problem. Also, recycling helps inbringing
down the greenhouse gas emissions caused by the manufacturing of new products.
25. Define the role of Grid Computing?
The core aim of grid computing was to integrate disparate resources across organizational domainsinto
what became termed virtual organizations. For example, a database server in one domain may
beintegrated with a networked cluster in another domain, to form a powerful data analytics platform
UNIT III/ Part – B
1 Describe storage virtualization
2 Describe the concepts Client virtualization.
3 What is virtualization? Explain Server virtualization in detail?
4 Describe how to Assess the greenness of your data center.
5 1.Writedown the tips to start moving your data center towards green.
2.Describe how will you optimize your data center cooling.
6 Design and explain the green home office -Telecomm central.
7 1. Analyze the concepts of managing the challenges of telecommuting 2.Explain Establishing expectations
in telecommuting.
8 1.Explain in detail about Understanding how you use device for green PC.
2.Explain in detail about Developing computer habits that save energy for green PC.
9 1.Illustrate about “Using your monitor with efficiency in mind” in green PC.
2.illustrate about “Spotting an energy hog” to make Green PC.
10 1.Dscuss about how energy is used in a data center
2.Discuss the Environment laws and the company image in data center.
11 Discuss about data center and its uses.
12 Illustrate about green grid frame work.
13 1.Describe in detail about the telecommuting.
2.describe briefly about teleconferencing.
14 Differentiate the types of virtualization techniques.
15 1.Analyze the role of electric utilities.
2. Analyze about green PC.

UNIT IV GREEN COMPLIANCE

Socio-cultural aspects of Green IT– Green Enterprise Transformation Roadmap–Green
Compliance:Protocols, Standards, and Audits– Emergent Carbon Issues: Technologies and Future

UNIT I /PART- A

1. Define greenIT’ssocial impact.

It will reduce the overall cost for total consumption of energy and enhance revenue in long term. Itwill
save the sufficient energy cost of cloud data centres. It will minimize the impact of carbon
dioxideemissions.
2. Define evolving green HR.
Green HR is when the field of HR focuses on expanding its role to support the organisation in thepursuit
of sustainability. In green HR, HRM policies are used to stimulate and support the sustainableuse of
resources and preserve the natural environment.
3. Illustrate the role-based view of green IT.
Green IT aims to minimize the negative impact of IT operations on the environment by
designing,manufacturing, operating and disposing of computers and computer-related products in
anenvironmentally-friendly manner
4. Define socio cultural aspect of Green IT?
The social dimension of green enterprise transformation {GET) is a subjective affair that needs tobring
together the tacit knowledge and viewpoints of individuals including the explicit knowledgestored in
database
5. List out the three main categories of green-collar workers.
Waste management
Hazardous materials clean-up
Recycling jobs
6. What are the three individual priorities of Green IT?

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 Business priorities
 Personal priorities
 Environmental priorities
7. Define Green Ethics?
A green ethic offers a set of standards and principles that we should systematically apply to nature.
8. Interpret the Issues related to a pilot project.
Systematic error and unexpected problems.
Systematic and nonsystematic errors.
Anitcipated and unrealistic logistical challenges.
Variation and mistaken errors.
9. Define the green requirement soft he business.
In general, business is described as green if it matches the following four criteria: It
incorporatesprinciples of sustainability into each of its business decisions. It supplies environmentally
friendlyproducts or services that replaces demand for non green products and/or services
10. Explain the Corporate Governance and the planning activities inrelation to enterprisetransformation
enabled by IT.
IT governance is the responsibility of the board of directors and executive management. It is an
integralpart of enterprise governance and consists of the leadership and organizational structures and
processesthat ensure that the organization's IT sustains and extends the organization's strategies and
objectives.
11. List the phases of diagnosis phase of End-user efficiencies.
 These steps occur during five phases of diagnostic testing:
 Prepre-analytic
 Pre-analytic
 Analytic
 Post-analytic
 Post-post-analytic phases
12. Analyze the domain of climate change and environmental
It provides a framework for quantifying the effects of changing air, land and ocean temperaturesand
reducing anthropogenic uncertainties in terms of health outcomes. All of these helps to makedecisions at
the local, national and global levels on health, environmental sustainability, health care andother issues.
13. Define Copenhagen
The Copenhagen Accord is a document which delegates at the 15th session of the Conference of
Parties(COP 15) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change agreed to "take note
of" at thefinal plenary.
14. Analyzethe components of the ISO 14001
 standard Environmental policy;
 Planning;
 Implementation and Operation;
 Checking and Corrective Action
 Management review.
15. Design the notation of verified and validated in a green audit.
Understand the scope of audit.
Analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the internal controls.
Conduct the audit.
Evaluate the observations of audit program.
Prepare a report of the observations side by side.
16. Describethe specific advantages in undertaking Green IT audits
 It helps to protect the environment and solve environmental problems
 It enables to find our methods for waste management
 It suggests measures for future complications
 It is useful to evaluate environmental standards
 It helps in the sustainable development of the organization
17. Classifythe ways in which they can be applied to green audits.
1. Inspection
2. Questionnaire.
3. Evaluation of documents and reports
4. Findings and Analysis

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4.1. Analysis of Green Practices.

4.2. Analysis of Water Management
18. Analyze the potential for reducing the overall carbon emissions
 Consume local and seasonal products (forget strawberries in winter)
 Limit meat consumption, especially beef.
 Select fish from sustainable fishing.
 Bring reusable shopping bags and avoid products with excessive plastic packaging.
19. Generalize the concepts of Environmental intelligence.
Environmental Intelligence ( EI ) is a system through which information about a particular region
orprocess is collected for the benefit of decision makers through the use of more than one inter-related
source
20. List the Future of Green IT in the Four Dimensions.
 Green Economy
 Technology
 People
 Process
21. Why Copenhagen is a green city?
In its sustainable development efforts, Copenhagen benefits from the backing of Denmark's
nationalgovernment and its environmental policies. Denmark established a Ministry of Environment back
in1971 and two years later became the first country in the world to implement environmentallegislation.
22. Is Copenhagen the greenest city in the world?
The world's greenest major city. Denmark's capital has long put sustainability at the top of its agenda, as
have many of its inhabitants. Lots more initiatives are taking place this year as the citycontinues its bid to
become carbon-neutral by 2025.
23. Distinctions between an environmental review and an environmental audit
Environmental Review Environmental Audit1
1.Determine which Verify performance against these
performancestandards should be met standards (egcompany checks that
(egcompany decides to reduce it really has reducedemission to 10
totalorganic compound emissions tonnes/year
from100 tonnes to 10 tonnes/ year).

2.All known environmental issues withor 2.Only issues for which standards
without explicit standards tomeasure exist (egregulatory requirements,
performance internal companystandards, or
good management practice)
3.Before developing environmental 3.Regularly and on a pre-planned
management systems or before anda fter cyclical basis
any significant changes
inoperations or practices

24. What is GET?

A GET is made up of processes and frameworks. The green enterprise framework provides the as I and to
be states, whereas the transformation process provides the activities, roles and deliverablesthat are
employed in reaching that new state
UNIT IV/ Part – B
1 Compare views of various cross-section of society of society on environmental initiatives and role-based
view of green it.
2 Explain the concepts of relative speed of change in green enterprise transformation.
3 1.What is green IT influencing working lifestyle
2.Create green user practices that have social impact.
4 Illustrate the subjectivity in green it arises from differencing priorities of the same individual.
5 Describe the diagram and shorts notes on Green Enterprise Transformation.
6 1.With short notes on A Green ICT framework.
2. describe the applying the four dimension to GET.
7 Explain about with detail on enterprise and data centers an example.
8 Describe the detail with example of green Transformation process

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9 1.With an example describe notation used in green IT projects roles.

2.Short notes on responsibility on GTC, business Architect and variations and Business Architect and
variations.
10 Differentiate the relationship between diagnosing equipment lifecycle’s carbon efficiencies and
diagnosing end-user computing’s carbon efficiencies an example.
11 Describe the planning end-user Green IT transformation.
12 Discuss about enterprises IT Data centers efficiencies with suitable example.
13 Hoe to draw Green ICT-Business and economic trends?
14 Developed economies and developing economies (BRIC) comparison along four dimensions.
15 Illustrate about personalization of the green context by end-users leads to change in attitude.

UNIT V CASE STUDIES

The Environmentally Responsible Business Strategies (ERBS)– Case Study Scenarios for Trial
Runs– Case Studies– Applying Green IT Strategies and Applications to a Home, Hospital,
Packaging Industry and Telecom Sector.

UNIT I /PART- A

1. List out the understanding current business scenario in your

organization.
 A business process, application, or set of applications that can be enabled by the architecture
 The business and technology environment
 The people and computing components (called "actors") who execute the scenario
 The desired outcome of proper execution

2. Describe the term defined by your organization to adopt Greenpolicies.

 Provides environmental parameters to reduce the environment impact of business operations
and promote sustainable development to the organization
 Learn more in:
1. A Framework for Environmentally Responsible Business Strategies
2. Policies enhancing and contributing to the sustainability performance of the
demand and supply
3. Give the ICT practices have been adopted by your organization.
ICT is concerned with digital data storage, retrieval and transmission. ICT makes a businessmore efficient,
effective and promptly respond to customers' needs. ICT can assist business activities
4. Illustrate the practices regarding energy saving data centers
A best-practice layout will improve the efficiency of air flow, which has a direct impact on theamount of
fan energy needed to direct cooled air to the equipment that needs to be cooled. Thefundamental best-
practice is hot/cold aisle arrangement. This technique improves efficiency inseveral ways
5. Define the term Compliance audits.
Compliance audit is an assessment as to whether the provisions of the applicable laws, rulesand
regulations made there under and various orders and instructions issued by the competentauthority are
being complied with.
6. Summarize the basic activities are performed in strategic measuresfor reducing emissions.
 Identify reduction opportunities. An obvious starting point is to look at the categories
thatrepresent the largest sources of your emissions.
 Establish costs and impacts.
 Priorities measures.
7. Define business strategy.
Green Technology Strategies (Green IT or Green Computing) is the study and practice of usingcomputers
and telecommunications in a way which maximizes positive environmental benefit andminimize the
negative impact. The energy efficiency of operating equipment is a major concern of GreenTechnology
Strategies
8. List of the note worthy findings from the preliminary Green IT audit
 Systematic and comprehensive data collection
 Documentation with physical evidences
 Independent periodic evaluation with regulatory requirements and appropriate standards

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 Systematic and comprehensive improvement and management of existing system

9. Give the result of the initial green IT audit undertaken by the bank.
The prime benefit of the green banking approach is the protection of the natural resources andthe
environment. Green banking avoids paper work to the optimum level and focuses on
electronictransactions like use of ATM, mobile banking, online banking etc for various banking
transactions bythe customers
10. Define carbon footprint.
A carbon footprint is the total amount of greenhouse gases (including carbon dioxide andmethane) that
are generated by our actions. The average carbon footprint for a person in the UnitedStates is 16 tons,
one of the highest rates in the world.
11. Illustrate the overall approach to GET for Good Mead hospital.
Hospital quality strategies should include improving inter-service quality for different patientsgroups, and
address hospital-community coordination of care issues,Patient experiences and outcomes
12. List out the understanding of current business scenario in your organization?
 The way people use the processes.
 The current product or service portfolio.
 Underlying technologies that support business.
13. List out the terms adopted by your organization to adopt green policies?
 Reduction of energy consumption.
 Reduction of carbon foot print
 Reduction of operational costs.
14. Analyze the key drivers for environmental responsibility forGood Mead hospital out of the sixdrivers
that drive ERBS.
 Hospitals and care systems increasingly are looking for ways to improve efficiency and
reduceoverall costs while also improving the overall patient experience.
 Sustainability initiatives offer significant environmental and financial benefits for
organizationsbenefits that will help hospitals and care systems thrive now and in the future
15. What are the steps in developing a hospital’s ERBS? Illustrate it.
 Needs assessment - what do hospitals need?
 Community health, cost-reduction
 Language - Linguistic accuracy and equivalencies ("qi is not energy")Show value
 Physician/Hospital champion
 Communication skills/Confidence and Competence - Teaching skills
 Clinical skills needle technique, diagnostic methodology
 Leadership and solutions-focus
16. Generalize the concepts of GET for AuPack packaging.
Green packaging, also called sustainable packaging, uses materials and manufacturingtechniques to
diminish energy use and reduce the harmful impacts of packaging on the environment.Green packing
solutions often include biodegradable and recyclable materials in preference tomaterials like plastic and
Styrofoam. And green manufacturing processes take steps to reduce theirpower output and diminish the
number of greenhouse emissions they produce.
17. Give the strategic approach by the CGO.
A CGO should work to understand all of the needs of the employee and allow them the spaceto improve
their productivity. Empowering them to create solutions increases motivation andhelps to develop
processes that truly serve your customers.
Ultimately improving long-term retention of employees and customers.
18. What are the 4 major phase of transformation in Green Mead hospital?
 Diagnose
 Plan
 Enact
 Review
19. What are the steps to develop a hospital ERBS?
 Business Objectives in becoming Green.
 Green IT Strategies.
 Green IT policies and preconditions.
 Green IT resource plans.
20. What are three major aspects of GET in the context of ZeeTel?
 Green Business architecture

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 Green Process mapping

 Creation of organization specific ERBS
 Implement reengineered processes and employ ERBS
21. Write some objectives of Green Business?
 Reduction in carbon emissions across all departments and process of the organization.
 Aim for a comprehensive and holistic GET that is futuristic.

22. Define AuPack scenario?

AuPack is a hypothetical organization in the business of manufacturing packages andcontainers that in
turn are used by other manufactures of goods and products.

23. Define the term compliance audits?

 Well documented model for carbon emissions.
 Regular updates and modifications of environmental parameters.
 Standard approach to accessing government rules and regulations.
 Provides feedback to government.
 Periodically check environmental documents of the vendor
24. Illustrate the practices regarding energy saving data centers?
 Energy saving choice when purchasing new ICT hardware.
 Reducing energy used by data centers.
 Use open source system software.
 Machine server virtualization.
 Replace conventional with electronic friendly devices
25. six categories of communication channel
 Personal
 Collaborative
 Mobile
 Asynchronous
 Physical
 Group
UNIT V/ Part – B
1 Explain the strategic measures for reducing Emissions and demographic information for research project
survey.
2 Describe the respondent demographics.
3 Explain the business and strategy planning with respect to the environment and technical strategy and
planning.
4 Describe the different types of the result of the initial green IT.
5 1.list the guidelines fir case study Scenarios for trial runs
2.Explain in detail on environmentally responsible business strategies (ERBS) Research project survey.
6 Illustrate the concepts of blue waters travel agency carbon scenario and openair airline carbon scenario.
7 Sketch the guidelines for preliminary green investigation and green business objectives.
8 what are the steps involved to SWOT of good mead hospital? Illustrate it.
9 1. Design the strategic Concerns of management?
2.list out the steps are steps in developing a hospital’s ERBS?
10 Describe the following: 1.Green transformational Elements.
2.The green transformational project.
11 Generalize the concept for Green Transformational project and technology changes in hospital.
12 Why Au pack strategic approach and diagnosis in Au pack?
13 Summarize the applying mobile technologies in GET.
14 1.point out the features of technical Dimension in Au pack. 2.Explain about the enacting GET for zee Tel.
15 Analyze the GET project for zee Tel and the green transformation project.

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