Green Computing: Engineering the Next Generation of Sustainable Solutions

Abstract

Green Computing is a current wave of technological advancement and an emerging area of green technology. It aims towards an ecological sustainable future by adopting green computing practices. Server virtualization, Cloud computing, Energy efficiency, e-waste minimization etc. are few of the approaches in the direction towards green computing. All these approaches encourage the practices of using and manufacturing the computing devices in an eco-friendly manner and utilization of the IT services in a manner to optimize energy consumption. Green computing also encourages to recycle the old product and to reduce the wastage release from the factories.  This paper focuses on several features of green computing and also presents some green computing practices for an individual to adopt in order to encourage environment sustainability.