Green IT and Sustainability (BCS456A)

Green IT and Sustainability

Course Code BCS456A 
CIE Marks 50
Teaching Hours/Week (L: T:P: S) 1:0:0:0 
SEE Marks 50
Total Hours of Pedagogy 14 
Total Marks 100
Credits 01 
Exam Hours 01
Examination type (SEE) Theory(MCQ)

Module-1

Green ICT -History, Agenda, and Challenges Ahead: Introduction, Industrial Revolution, The Emergence

of Information and Communication Technologies, The Agenda and Challenges Ahead.

Module-2

Emerging Technologies and Their Environmental Impact: Introduction, Number of Connected Devices ,

Increased , Functionality, Increased Number of Separate Functions , Increased Demand for Speed and

Reliability , Obsolescence—The Problem of Backward Compatibility, The Other Side of the Balance Sheet,

Videoconference as an Alternative to Business Travel, Dematerialization of Product Chain, Travel

Advice/Road Traffic Control, Intelligent Energy Metering , Building Management Systems, Saving IT

Resources. 

Module-3

Measurements and Sustainability: Introduction, ICT Technical Measures, Ecological Measures and Ethical

Consideration, Systems Engineering for Designing Sustainable ICT-Based Architectures.

Module-4

Sustainable Cloud Computing: Introduction, Challenges in the Use of Cloud Computing As Green Technology,

Cloud Computing and Sustainability, Sustainable Applications of Cloud Computing, Technologies Associated

With Sustainable Cloud Computing, Future Prospects of Sustainable Cloud Computing, Reflections on

Sustainable Cloud Computing Applications.

Module-5

Sustainable Software Design: Overview and Scope, Evaluating Sustainability Effects , Sustainability and the

Product Life Cycle , Direct Effects: Sustainability During Use, Runtime Energy Consumption Basics , Analyzing

the Energy Consumption of an Application , Energy Consumption Reduction Using Physical Properties of

Semiconductors, Optimizing the Energy Consumption of an Application: Compiler Techniques, Optimizing the

Energy Consumption of an Application: Runtime Approaches.

Suggested Learning Resources:

Books

1. Green Information Technology – A Sustainable Approach, Mohammad Dastbaz Colin Pattinson, Babak

Akhgar, Elsevier, 2015 Inc.

2. San Murugesan; G. R. Gangadharan, Harnessing Green IT: Principles and Practices, Wiley-IEEE Press 

Web links and Video Lectures (e-Resources): 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvn_-mJ2tSo 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxngsYn5N3Y 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgdFi3sCgzU 

 https://www.brightest.io/sustainability-measurement 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2m49Op25Zw