Developing and Using Complex Spreadsheets

Running head: DEVELOPING AND USING COMPLEX SPREADSHEETS
Developing and using complex spreadsheets
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DEVELOPING AND USING COMPLEX SPREADSHEETS
Answer to question 4:
Requirement a)
This section requires addressing the efforts taken by employees in minimizing the
coat of resources and energy at workplace.
1. Using natural lights and switching off artificial lights
Employees should be educated about the importance of using natural lights along with
the benefits it provide. The workplace should be adequate provision of natural light which
will results in reducing use of electricity considerably. This in turn would help in saving the
cost of energy.
2. Selecting light bulbs that are energy efficient
Using energy efficient bulbs would help in lowering down the expenditure on the
electricity bills. Choosing energy efficient bulbs is itself a way of conserving energy.
3. Choosing laptops over desktop
Using of desktop results in higher consumption of energy compared to laptop due to
uninterruptible supply of power. However, the consumption of energy by laptops can be
reduced by putting the laptops in power saving mode. This will help in using the energy more
efficiently and thereby recuing the energy cost.
4. Using hibernation features on all computers
The consumption of energy by personal computers can increase the total cost of
energy. Running the computer on hibernation mode would help in saving the power
consumed as it is one of the power management features in built in computers. In addition to

DEVELOPING AND USING COMPLEX SPREADSHEETS
reduction of power consumer by computer, this feature also helps in monitoring the total time
in running the device while producing less heat.
5. Buying devices that are energy efficient
Energy efficient devices intend to reduce the consumption of energy and ultimately
the cost of resources and energy. Such devices help in saving the energy that is wasted when
the device is not in use. Therefore, employees should purchase and efficiently operating the
energy efficient devices.
Requirement b)
Differences between macro and template are presented below in the table format.
Macro Template
Macros do not follow the syntactical rules of C +
+ and are considerably less powerful than
template.
Template are considerably powerful and they
follow the syntactical rules of C ++. A set of
certain rules is followed by macro that causes
code substitution.
Macros are limited to single expansion and
contrary to template, macros cannot call
themselves. Therefore, for compilation, macros
take lesser time. The expansion of macro is done
by using pre processor.
Template on other hand takes longer time for
compilation. The time taken by template is longer
and the reason is attributable to one of the
features that are recursive which are required to
be generated. This recursive is the foundation
upon which construction of looping in template
metaprogramming is done.