Harnessing Green It

Principles and Practices
Herausgegeben von Murugesan, San; Gangadharan, G. R.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the principles and practices of making computing and information systems environmentally sustainable. It reviews key aspects of green IT, including green technologies, design, standards, maturity models, strategies and adoption. It then presents approaches to greening IT, including green use, green disposal, green design, and green manufacturing. Written by industry and academic experts in specific areas of green IT, Harnessing Green IT is an eye-opening guide for IT professionals, researchers, and managers, and anyone interested in green IT and its role in enhancing our environment.

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"Ultimately, this is a remarkable book, a practical testimonial, and a comprehensive bibliography rolled into one. It is a single, bright sword cut across the various murky green IT topics. And if my mistakes and lessons learned through the green IT journey are any indication, this book will be used every day by folks interested in greening IT."
-- Simon Y. Liu, Ph.D. & Ed.D., Editor-in-Chief, IT Professional Magazine, IEEE Computer Society, Director, U.S. National Agricultural Library

This book presents a holistic perspective on Green IT by discussing its various facets and showing how to strategically embrace it

Harnessing Green IT: Principles and Practices examines various ways of making computing and information systems greener - environmentally sustainable -, as well as several means of using Information Technology (IT) as a tool and an enabler to improve the environmental sustainability. The book focuses on both greening of IT and greening by IT - complimentary approaches to attaining environmental sustainability. In a single volume, it comprehensively covers several key aspects of Green IT - green technologies, design, standards, maturity models, strategies and adoption -, and presents a clear approach to greening IT encompassing green use, green disposal, green design, and green manufacturing. It also illustrates how to strategically apply green IT in practice in several areas.

Key Features:
Presents a comprehensive coverage of key topics of importance and practical relevance - green technologies, design, standards, maturity models, strategies and adoption
Highlights several useful approaches to embracing green IT in several areas
Features chapters written by accomplished experts from industry and academia who have first-hand knowledge and expertise in specific areas of green IT
Presents a set of review and discussion questions for each chapter that will help the readers to examine and explore the green IT domain further
Includes a companion website providing resources for further information and presentation slides

This book will be an invaluable resource for IT Professionals, academics, students, researchers, project leaders/managers, IT business executives, CIOs, CTOs and anyone interested in Green IT and harnessing it to enhance our environment.

Produktdetails

• Wiley - IEEE
• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 432
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Oktober 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 165mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 780g
• ISBN-13: 9781119970057
• ISBN-10: 1119970059
• Artikelnr.: 36271596

Autorenporträt

Dr San Murugesan, University of Western Sydney, Australia San Murugesan is Adjunct Professor in the School of Computing and Mathematics at the University of Western Sydney, Australia; and an independent IT, Research and education consultant. He is Director of the consulting firm BRITE Professional Services. He holds PhD; MTech and BE (Hons) degrees. Dr. G.R. Gangadharan, Politecnico di Milano, Italy G.R. Gangadharan is working as a Researcher in Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy. Prior to joining in PoliMi, he worked as a researcher at Novay (Telematica Institute), Enschede, Netherlands from June 2008 to February 2010. His research interests are mainly located on the interface between technological and business perspectives. He has received Ph.D. degree in Information and Communication Technology (2008) from the University of Trento, Trento, Italy and European University Association.

Inhaltsangabe

About the Editors xix About the Authors xxi Foreword xxix Preface xxxi
Acknowledgements xxxv 1 Green IT: An Overview 1 San Murugesan and G.R.
Gangadharan Key Points 1 1.1 Introduction 1 1.2 Environmental Concerns and
Sustainable Development 2 1.3 Environmental Impacts of IT 4 1.4 Green IT 5
1.5 Holistic Approach to Greening IT 7 1.6 Greening IT 10 1.7 Applying IT
for Enhancing Environmental Sustainability 14 1.8 Green IT Standards and
Eco-Labelling of IT 15 1.9 Enterprise Green IT Strategy 15 1.10 Green IT:
Burden or Opportunity? 17 1.11 Conclusion 18 Review Questions 19 Discussion
Questions 19 References 19 Further Reading and Useful Web Sites 20 2 Green
Devices and Hardware 23 Ashok Pon Kumar and Sateesh S. Kannegala Key Points
23 2.1 Introduction 23 2.2 Life Cycle of a Device or Hardware 24 2.3 Reuse,
Recycle and Dispose 34 2.4 Conclusions 36 Review Questions 37 Discussion
Questions 37 References 37 3 Green Software 39 Bob Steigerwald and Abhishek
Agrawal Key Points 39 3.1 Introduction 39 3.2 Energy-Saving Software
Techniques 41 3.3 Evaluating and Measuring Software Impact to Platform
Power 55 3.4 Summary 59 Acknowledgements 60 Review Questions 61 Discussion
Questions 61 References 61 Further Reading 62 4 Sustainable Software
Development 63 Felipe Albertao Key Points 63 4.1 Introduction 63 4.2
Current Practices 64 4.3 Sustainable Software 65 4.4 Software
Sustainability Attributes 66 4.5 Software Sustainability Metrics 68 4.6
Sustainable Software Methodology 73 4.7 Defining Actions 77 4.8 Case Study
78 4.9 Conclusions 82 Review Questions 82 Discussion Questions 82
References 83 5 Green Data Centres 85 Charles G. Sheridan, Keith A. Ellis,
Enrique G. Castro-Leon and Christopher P. Fowler Key Points 85 5.1 Data
Centres and Associated Energy Challenges 85 5.2 Data Centre IT
Infrastructure 87 5.3 Data Centre Facility Infrastructure: Implications for
Energy Efficiency 92 5.4 IT Infrastructure Management 98 5.5 Green Data
Centre Metrics 106 5.6 Data Centre Management Strategies: A Case Study 108
5.7 Conclusions 110 Review Questions 111 Discussion Questions 111
References 111 Further Reading and Useful Web Sites 112 6 Green Data
Storage 113 Pin Zhou and Nagapramod Mandagere Key Points 113 6.1
Introduction 113 6.2 Storage Media Power Characteristics 115 6.3 Energy
Management Techniques for Hard Disks 118 6.4 System-Level Energy Management
119 6.5 Summary and Research Areas 124 Review Questions 124 Discussion
Questions 124 References 124 7 Green Networks and Communications 127
Cathryn Peoples, Gerard Parr, Sally McClean and Philip Morrow Key Points
127 7.1 Introduction 127 7.2 Objectives of Green Network Protocols 132 7.3
Green Network Protocols and Standards 140 7.4 Conclusions 145
Acknowledgements 145 Review Questions 145 Discussion Questions 146
References 146 Further Reading and Useful Web Sites 148 8 Enterprise Green
IT Strategy 149 Bhuvan Unhelkar Key Points 149 8.1 Introduction 149 8.2
Approaching Green IT Strategies 151 8.3 Business Drivers of Green IT
Strategy 153 8.4 Business Dimensions for Green IT Transformation 156 8.5
Organizational Considerations in a Green IT Strategy 160 8.6 Steps in
Developing a Green IT Strategy 161 8.7 Metrics and Measurements in Green
Strategies 163 8.8 Conclusions 164 Review Questions 164 Discussion
Questions 164 References 164 9 Sustainable Information Systems and Green
Metrics 167 Edward Curry and Brian Donnellan Key Points 167 9.1
Introduction 167 9.2 Multilevel Sustainable Information 168 9.3
Sustainability Hierarchy Models 170 9.4 Product Level Information 173 9.5
Individual Level Information 174 9.6 Functional Level Information 176 9.7
Organizational Level Information 178 9.8 Regional/City Level Information
181 9.9 Measuring the Maturity of Sustainable ICT 182 9.10 Conclusions 189
Appendix: Sustainability Tools and Standards 190 Acknowledgements 195
Review Questions 195 Discussion Questions 196 References 196 Further
Reading and Useful Web Sites 197 Tools and Carbon Calculators 198 10
Enterprise Green IT Readiness 199 Alemayehu Molla and Vanessa Cooper Key
Points 199 10.1 Introduction 199 10.2 Background: Readiness and Capability
201 10.3 Development of the G-Readiness Framework 202 10.4 Measuring an
Organization's G-Readiness 206 10.5 Conclusions 207 Review Questions 208
Discussion Questions 209 References 209 11 Sustainable IT Services:
Creating a Framework for Service Innovation 211 Robert R. Harmon and Haluk
Demirkan Key Points 211 11.1 Introduction 211 11.2 Factors Driving the
Development of Sustainable IT 213 11.3 Sustainable IT Services (SITS) 219
11.4 SITS Strategic Framework 224 11.5 Sustainable IT Roadmap 229 11.6 SITS
Leadership and Best Practices 233 11.7 Conclusions 237 11.8 Summary 237
Review Questions 238 Discussion Questions 238 References 238 Useful Web
Sites 242 12 Green Enterprises and the Role of IT 243 Joseph Sarkis Key
Points 243 12.1 Introduction 243 12.2 Organizational and Enterprise
Greening 244 12.3 Information Systems in Greening Enterprises 248 12.4
Greening the Enterprise: IT Usage and Hardware 255 12.5
Inter-organizational Enterprise Activities and Green Issues 256 12.6
Enablers and Making the Case for IT and the Green Enterprise 261 12.7
Conclusions 262 Review Questions 262 Discussion Questions 262 References
263 13 Environmentally Aware Business Process Improvement in the Enterprise
Context 265 Konstantin Hoesch-Klohe and Aditya Ghose Key Points 265 13.1
Introduction 265 13.2 Identifying the Environmental Impact of an Activity
or Process 266 13.3 A Decision Support Tool for Environmentally Aware
Business Process Improvement 268 13.4 Process Improvement in the Enterprise
Context 270 13.5 Impact and Change Propagation Analysis 272 13.6 Trade-Off
Analysis 275 13.7 An Example 276 13.8 Conclusions 280 Review Questions 280
Discussion Questions 280 References 280 14 Managing Green IT 283 Linda R.
Wilbanks Key Points 283 14.1 Introduction 283 14.2 Strategizing Green
Initiatives 284 14.3 Implementation of Green IT 288 14.4 Information
Assurance 292 14.5 Communication and Social Media 294 14.6 Case Study 295
14.7 Summary 296 Review Questions 296 Discussion Questions 296 References
296 15 Regulating Green IT: Laws, Standards and Protocols 297 Tom Butler
Key Points 297 15.1 Introduction 297 15.2 The Regulatory Environment and IT
Manufacturers 299 15.3 Nonregulatory Government Initiatives 303 15.4
Industry Associations and Standards Bodies 305 15.5 Green Building
Standards 306 15.6 Green Data Centres 306 15.7 Social Movements and
Greenpeace 308 15.8 Conclusions 311 Review Questions 312 Discussion
Questions 313 References 313 Further Reading 314 16 Green Cloud Computing
and Environmental Sustainability 315 Saurabh Kumar Garg and Rajkumar Buyya
Key Points 315 16.1 Introduction 315 16.2 What is Cloud Computing? 318 16.3
Cloud Computing and Energy Usage Model: A Typical Example 322 16.4 Features
of Clouds Enabling Green Computing 325 16.5 Towards Energy Efficiency of
Cloud Computing 327 16.6 Green Cloud Architecture 332 16.7 Case Study: IaaS
Provider 334 16.8 Conclusions and Future Directions 336 Acknowledgements
337 Review Questions 337 Discussion Questions 337 References 337 17
Harnessing Semantic Web Technologies for the Environmental Sustainability
of Production Systems 341 Chris Davis, Igor Nikolic and Gerard Dijkema Key
Points 341 17.1 Introduction 341 17.2 Information Management for
Environmental Sustainability 344 17.3 Ecosystem of Software Tools 346 17.4
Examples of Managing Data 353 17.5 Challenges and Guiding Principles 358
17.6 Conclusions 360 Review Questions 361 Discussion Questions 361
References 361 Further Reading and Useful Web Sites 363 18 Green IT: An
Outlook 365 San Murugesan and G.R. Gangadharan Key Points 365 18.1
Introduction 365 18.2 Awareness to Implementation 366 18.3 Greening by IT
368 18.4 Green IT: A Megatrend? 373 18.5 A Seven-Step Approach to Creating
Green IT Strategy 375 18.6 Research and Development Directions 376 18.7
Prospects 377 Review Questions 378 Discussion Questions 378 References 378
Glossary 381 Index 389

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"This book will be an excellent resource for IT Professionals, academics, students, researchers, project leaders/managers, IT business executives, CIOs, CTOs and anyone interested in Green IT and harnessing it to enhance our environment." (Computer Science of India (CSI) enewsletter), 1 February 2013)