Green Computing - A Step towards Better Milieu

Green computing is the utmost requirement to protect milieu and save energy. While manufacturing and buying computers usually the speed and price is taken into consideration while its impact on milieu and health is neglected. Faced with the harsh realities of global warming, e-waste, pollution and rising energy consumption, government agencies and private firms worldwide are examining ways to protect the environment. There is a growing global movement to implement more environmental friendly computing. Not only the environmental organizations but also computer producers and users are taking care of it. People are realizing that going green is in their best interest. They have started to embrace environmentally sustainable products that will assist not only to save environment but also to more efficient energy consumption and capital and operational cost reduction. Here we take a look on full life cycle analysis not just the product on desk and what tactics the manufacturers and consumers of computers can follow as an initiative to green computing.