Green IT
Definition:
"the study and practice of designing, manufacturing, using, and disposing of 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."[1]
Sustainability is the core of Green IT
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainability
Pillars
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_cycle_assessment or the Cradle to the grave analysis
Closed loop
Reduce, reuse, recycle
http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0775891.html
Saving energy & resources for the future.
Standards, certification & directives
TCO: http://www.tcodevelopment.com/
ROHS: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restriction_of_Hazardous_Substances_Directive
It’s not the product, it’s what you do with it:
Smart grids, automation systems, logistics are the key.
Tuesday, 2 November 2010
Automation
Automation systems, an introduction
Automation is the use of control systems and information technologies to reduce the need for human work in the production of goods and services. In the scope of industrialization, automation is a step beyond mechanization. Whereas mechanization provided human operators with machinery to assist them with the muscular requirements of work, automation greatly decreases the need for human sensory and mental requirements as well. Automation plays an increasingly important role in the world economy and in daily experience.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automation
Links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Control_system
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LonTalk
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BACnet
A case study:
http://www.echelon.com/solutions/unique/appstories/ElbeTunnel.htm
Automation is the use of control systems and information technologies to reduce the need for human work in the production of goods and services. In the scope of industrialization, automation is a step beyond mechanization. Whereas mechanization provided human operators with machinery to assist them with the muscular requirements of work, automation greatly decreases the need for human sensory and mental requirements as well. Automation plays an increasingly important role in the world economy and in daily experience.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automation
Links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Control_system
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LonTalk
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BACnet
A case study:
http://www.echelon.com/solutions/unique/appstories/ElbeTunnel.htm
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