Green IT: A Practice of Environmentally Sustainable Computing

This report focuses on Green IT, a practice of environmentally sustainable computing that deals with manufacturing, designing, using, and disposing of servers, computers, and other associated systems effectively for minimizing the impact on the environment. The report discusses the evidence of requirements, problem definition, aim, objectives, methods chosen for project implementation, brief product description, business value, advantages, roadblocks, deliverables, outcome/product evaluation/testing approach, and resources needed for implementing Green IT. The report also includes references to various studies and researches on Green IT.

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CCE2060 IPP Template
1. Title
The title of the Individual Project Proposal is “Green IT”.
2. Key
words
The keywords for the topic mainly includes Green IT, Green computing, E-Waste, global
warming, cost
3. Intr
oduction and context description
The paper mainly focusses on “Green IT” which is mainly defined as one of the practice of
environmentally sustainable computing that mainly deals with manufacturing, designing, using as
well as disposing servers, computers as well as other associated system effectively for minimizing the
impact on the environment (Shi, Zhang and Letaief 2014). Green IT or Green Computing mainly aims
to minimize carbon footprint that is mainly generated by the information system business for saving
money. As in the modern era, the utilization as well as requirements for computers are generally
growing, thousands of computers are manufactured every day and the old computers are thrown
away piling up the e-wastes. So it is very much important to manage the computing devices in a way
that it would last longer and even if it is disposed, it does not cause harm to the environment
(Farahnakian et al. 2015). Therefore, the main motives behind the utilization of Green computing is
to reduce the use of various hazardous materials by maximizing energy efficiently during the entire
lifetime of the product for promoting biodegradability of various outdated and unused products.
4. Evid
ence of requirements
According to Berral et al. (2014), ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia is presently facing worst drought
among the droughts that the country has seen its half century. The main reason of this drought is
climatic change that rises global surface temperatures and causes number of long term changes in
weather conditions. It is caused due to release of carbon footprint which is also known as
Greenhouse gases. The manufacturing industries as well as organizations are considered as the
biggest emitters of harmful gases like greenhouses gas. The negative climate change highlights that it
is very much necessary for the manufacturing industries as well as organizations to adopt Green IT.
On the other hand, it is stated by Lee, Jeong and Jang (2014) that Ford motor company which is one
of the leading manufacturer products emits 14% of the total greenhouses gases that is emitted. Due
to emission of greenhouse gases, number of environmental problems as well as challenges occurs
and therefore the company wants to cut back in context to greenhouse gas emission in order to save
the world from global earning. It is opined by Borylo et al. (2016) that there are number industrial
manufacturers that deposited waste in the landfill sites and due to the presence of landfill sites
number of environmental problems works which must be minimized for reducing energy
consumption and for minimizing environmental problems, global warming as well as for saving cost.
5. Pro
blem definition
It is identified that the number of manufacturing industries as well as organizations are
facing difficulty in managing hazardous materials and as a result e- wastes are growing. The
organizations need to pay money in order to dispose the waste which further creates number of

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environmental problems. In addition to this, the industries that emits greenhouses gases does not
only affects the environment must also enhances of probability of global warming.
6. Aim
s
The main aim is to minimize the carbon footprint that is generated by various information
system business by the utilization of Green IT and allowing them to save money.
7. Obj
ectives
The objectives of the project include:
 To reduce environmental problems
 To reduce energy consumption
 To reduce global warming
 To save cost
8. Met
hods chosen for project implementation
It is found that in order to implement Green IT within the various organizations as well as
manufacturing industries, agile project management methodology is mainly selected. It is identified
that agile project management methodology is one of the iterative approach of planning, guiding as
well as processing project. Agile project methodology is utilized in implementing Green IT as agile
methodologies virtually helps in eliminating the chances of project failures and allow new changes
within the project. The methodology embraces various types of technological excellence, good
design as well as sustainable development for implementing Green IT successfully. In agile projects,
each member of the project team has the opportunity of knowing the project at a given time
through meetings, daily sprint interviews and more so that they can work on the updated
information within the project.
9. Brie
f product description
Green IT is defined as a practice of environmental sustainable computing that generally
deals with manufacturing, using as well as disposing servers, PCs, peripherals as well as other
hardware in a very much environmental friendly ways. According to Dhingra and Paul (2014), green
IT practices helps in resolving the problems that are associated with energy consumption as well as
disposal of various equipment’s. Special handling is generally needed for disposing as well as for
recycling hardware as well as other peripherals (Ulbricht et al. 2014). Computers generally includes
various types of toxic substances including polychlorinated biphenyls, chromium, and mercury as
well as radioactive isotopes and their disposal generally creates number of environmental issues as
well as challenges.
Business value of Green IT
Cost saving is considered as one of the main reason of utilizing Green IT by the
manufacturing industries as well as other organizations. It is stated by Balasooriya, Wibowo and
Wells (2016) that reduced spending on energy as well as equipment’s saves money of the
companies. Environmental related regulations are generally created for addressing climatic changes.
It is argued by Ketankumar, Verma and Chandrasekaran (2015) that servicing as well as supplying
service energy related equipment’s and development of Green computing or Green IT is considered

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as the significant ways through which the manufacturing industries as well as other organizations
can be able to grow their revenue and fuel growth of job in a low carbon economy.
Investing within Green IT by the organizations is considered advantages as it not only helps
in saving money but also assists in reducing global warming which is one of the real threat that
needs to be combated in order to avoid the climatic changes. Thus, the companies are generally
taking the initiative of becoming a responsible investors by investing in the technology of Green IT
for saving the environment.
Advantages of Green IT
Large corporations are implementing the strategy of Green IT in order to save as well as for
making money. As per one of the report it is found that the companies that utilizes Green computing
are 16% much productive as compared to other organization (Zhang et al. 2017). It is found that the
business communities are realizing that they are making huge amount of money after the adoption
of cloud computing as Green IT not only helps in saving money by reducing waste but it also helps
organization in saving money through electronics.
As climatic change is becoming one of the major issues at highest levels, the governments are
encouraging different manufacturing industries as well as organizations for going green (Yu et al.
2016). As per one of the recent study, it is reflected that about 55% of the consumers all over the
world are willing to buy products that are sold by brand which are mainly committed to make a
positive impact on the environment. Thus it can be analysed that going green can become one of the
revenue generating practice. It is opined by Kaur, Kaur and Singh (2017) that green technology is one
of eco-friendly technology that is developed as well as utilized by organizations in such a way that it
assists in protecting the environment for conversing the natural resources
Green IT also helps in driving the development of the country. It is stated by Lee, Jeong, and
Jang (2014) that companies that uses or develops products can helps in providing number of
employment opportunities for the local community. In addition to this, it is identified that as green
computing technique helps in minimizing the energy consumption which further helps in lowering
the emission of carbon dioxide. Moreover, Green IT also helps in changing the government policies
for encouraging recycling within manufacturing industries as well as companies.
Roadblocks to adopting Green IT
Sustainability has become of the goal of many organizations as well as conversation minded
people. Striving to minimize the amount of waste that is going into the landfills as well as for finding
alternatives to transportation generally helps in utilizing the tactics of Green IT. However there are
number of roadblocks to adopt Green IT. The roadblocks include:
Government subsidies: Government subsidies is considered as one of the road block in
adopting Green IT (Farahnakian et al. 2015). The fossil fuel companies are mainly allowed to make
Master Limited Partnership which generally shield them from millions of dollar in corporate taxes.
High start-up and conversion costs: The projects that are associated with implementing green
IT are considered too expensive because of their relative uniqueness. Many of the techniques that
are utilized in Green IT are not streamlined and as a result investing in that technology can become
expensive (Lee, Jeong and Jang 2014).

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10. Deli
verables
The deliverables of the project include:
 Appointing a working group for ensuring compliance to green IT
 Measure current carbon footprints produced by IT components
 Planning more centralized IT operations
 Utilization of more efficient computer applications
 Using more efficient cooling system
 Carefully weighing lifecycle of IT devices and accessories
 Making sure Green IT policies for enhancing business performance
 Working for involving in IT process lifecycle
 Monitoring results and optimizing IT
11. Out
come/product evaluation/testing approach
It is identified that the organization that implement Green IT would get number of positive
outcome. Some of the benefits of Green IT that the business organization gets are elaborated below:
Less Waste: Many of the organizations have to pay in order to get rid of waste. However,
due to the adoption of Green IT, the waste that is generated within the organization reduces.
Reducing waste within the organization not only saves money but also helps in reducing carbon
footprint within the organization.
Lower energy bills: The most obvious utilization of Green IT or green computing is to lower
energy bills. It is opined by Dhingra and Paul (2014) that green information technology generally
assists in lowering overall utilization of power. It is identified that by determining the number of
printers, computers as well as other types of electronic devices it is very much important to know
about the energy consumption. By utilizing various types of aforementioned-information one can do
number of non-essential items for reducing the overall utilization of power.
Improves Workplace productivity: Enhancing productivity is one of the advantage that the
organization get due to the utilization of Green IT technologies. According to Balasooriya, Wibowo
and Wells (2016), some of the organizations have reported 25% increment in the productivity after
adopting Green IT. As per the services of the company it is found that increment in productivity can
cause increment in the revenue of the companies.
Saves money: Going green is one of the best method of saving money by the various
manufacturing industries as well as business organizations. The money savings opportunity can be
achieved by adopting green IT in various other aspects of the business for generating more revenue
(Kaur, Kaur and Singh 2017).The organizations can invest the money in other fields that they have
saved through Green IT which helps in achieving other goals as well as objectives of the
organizations.
12. Res
ources
The resources that are needed for implementing Green IT includes:
Human resources: The human resources includes the following:

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 Project manager
 IT technician
 Project planner
 Supervisor
 System engineer
 Financial manager
 Financial resources
Material: The materials resources mainly includes various type of software as well as
hardware that needed for implementing project.
Financial resources: In order to implement Green IT, it is identified that amount of around
$30,000 is required.

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13. Refe
rences
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cloud services at low cost. In Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS), 2014 IEEE 34th International
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Borylo, P., Lason, A., Rzasa, J., Szymanski, A. and Jajszczyk, A., 2016. Green cloud provisioning
throughout cooperation of a wdm wide area network and a hybrid power it infrastructure. Journal of
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Dhingra, A. and Paul, S., 2014. Green cloud: heuristic based BFO technique to optimize resource
allocation. Indian Journal of Science and Technology, 7(5), pp.685-691.
Farahnakian, F., Ashraf, A., Pahikkala, T., Liljeberg, P., Plosila, J., Porres, I. and Tenhunen, H., 2015.
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15. Proj
ect Plan including Work Breakdown Structure & Gantt chart
Implementing Green IT
Initiation phase
Analyzing problems
Identyfying solutions
Getting approval
Undertaking
feasiability study
Appointing project
team members
Planning phase
Preparing project
plan
Determining aims
and objectives of
the project
Identyfying project
implementation
method
Product description
Identyfying problems
ina dopting Green IT
Analyzing outcome
of the project
Execution phase
Proclaiming Green
Intensions
Appointing a working
group for ensuring
compliance to green
IT
Measure current
carbon footprints
produced by IT
components
Planning more
centralized IT
operations
Utilization of more
efficient computer
applications
Using more efficient
cooling system
Carefully weighing
lifecycle of IT
devices and
accessories
Making sure Green IT
policies for
enchancing business
performance
Working for
involving in IT
process lifecycle
Monitoring results
and optimizing IT
Closure phase
Post-project review
Stakeholder sign off
Documentation
Figure 1: WBS
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Figure 2: Gantt chart
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