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Buch, Englisch, 432 Seiten, Format (B × H): 165 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 780 g

Reihe: Wiley - IEEE

Murugesan / Gangadharan

Harnessing Green It

Principles and Practices

Buch, Englisch, 432 Seiten, Format (B × H): 165 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 780 g

Reihe: Wiley - IEEE

ISBN: 978-1-119-97005-7
Verlag: Wiley


"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.
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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


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.


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