1.5.2.4 Environmental Issues Flashcards
What is e-waste?
Discarded electronic devices. This either comes as a result of new technology replacing older models or broken devices.
What is the name of the legislation that poses strict rules over E-waste?
Waste Electric and Electronic Equipment (WEEE)
This is bypassed through sending e-waste to nations that hold weaker stipulations, like China
What are the environmental positives of technology?
Computer models and simulations are used to improve the efficiency of wind turbines and engines.
Online communication reduces carbon emissions from travelling by plane/car
Computer systems can be used to monitor and predict climate change
What can large data corporations do to reduce energy consumption?
Hot and cold aisles
Server virtualisation
How are hot and cold aisles implemented?
Altered directions of each server stops hot air leaving one server from getting sucked into another server.
Data centres are one of the worst offenders in regards to energy consumption. In a 2011 calculation, how much energy did the US alone need for its data centres per year?
70 billion kWh
