Limkokwing, Go Green!

Recently, the concept of Going Green is gaining its momentum. The magnitude of this movement spreads very quickly - in many institutions today, whether in schools, universities, offices or hospitals- supported and promoted the green-drive campaigns. It is about saving electricity, planting trees, reducing the use of plastic bags and paper, recycling and reuse of resources.

Our university, as one of the most innovative, should not lag behind the modern trends. The point is not to the increased popularity of the Go Green. Limkokwing campus takes quite a large area. Every day hundreds of people come to campus, and this means a consumption of huge amount of electricity, water, paper and other resources. Therefore, our university should certainly apply to measures of the Go Green.

What is green computing?

Green technology, green IT or green computing is the environmentally responsible use of computers and related resources. Such practices include the implementation of energy-efficient central processing units (CPUs), servers and peripherals as well as reduced resource consumption and proper disposal of electronic waste (e-waste).[1]

The main purpose of this technology is reducing amount of electro energy, carbon footprint and to minimize ecological consequences of computers and other related devices.

University computer laboratory

Often we have classes in a computer laboratory. There is a lot of electrical devices are used in labs, for the most part it is computers.

Electrical devices, and in particular such a powerful machine like a computer, require a large amount of energy. If this is multiplied by the number of computers and taking in account the fact that computers are being turned on during 8 hours, we get a great waste of energy.

The study showed that infrastructure of a 500 desktop enterprise, assuming PCs and LCD monitors left in idle state, consumes power at a rate equivalent to the emission of over 465 thousand lbs of CO2 per year.

Therefore, our group thought and decided to work on a theory of Go Green in terms of saving electricity. On the example of a laboratory, we counted the number of wasted electricity and came up with a way to reduce its consumption.