Green computing Green computing is the study and practice of using computing resources efficient ly.

It aims to reduce the use of hazardous materials, maximize energy efficiency during the product's lifetime, and promote recyclability or biodegradability of defunct products and factory waste. The plan towards green IT should include ne w electronic products and services with optimum efficiency. Approaches to Green Computing: 1)Virtualization: It is the process of running two or more logical computer systems on one set of physical hardware. With virtualization, a system administrator could combine several physical systems into virtual machines on on e single, powerful system, thereby unplugging the original hardware and reducing power and cooling consumption.It can make the most efficient use of available s ystem resources. 2)Power Management: Power management can: -Prolong battery life for portable and embedded systems. -Reduce noise. -Reduce cooling requirements. -Reduce operating costs for energy and cooling. The Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI), an open industry standard, allows an operating system to directly control the power saving aspects of its underlying hardware.Lower power consumption also means lower heat dissipation which makes the system more stable. Some programs allow the user to manually adjust the voltages supplied to the CPU, which reduces both the amount of heat produced and electricity consumed. 3)Power Supply: If a PSU(power supply) meets the green certification, it will use only the power it needs at a given load: In other words, it won't use more power than it needs .it's the heart of a green PC, since it manages the power for all the other components. 4)Storage: features like the reduced RPM low-power idle mode with fixed rotation speed for reduced power consumption has been developed. The second option is to use a 2.5" laptop hard drive. The lowest-power option is to use a solid state hard drive ( SSD). 5)Video Card: A fast GPU may be the largest power consumer in a computer.Energy efficient disp lay options include Using motherboard video output, using a shared terminal, sha red thin client, Reusing an older video card that uses little power etc. 6)Materials Recycling This can include finding another use for the system (i. e. donated to charity), or having the system disassembled in a manner that allows for the safe extractio n of the constituent materials for reuse in other products.Recycling can keep ha rmful materials such as lead, mercury, and hexavalent chromium out of landfills. Obsolete computers are a valuable sour ce for secondary raw materials, if treated properly. Most major computer manufac turers offer some form of recycling, often as a free replacement service when purchasing a new PC