© 2015, IJARCSSE All Rights Reserved Page | 680 Volume 5, Issue 10, October-2015 ISSN: 2277 128X International Journal of Advanced Research in Computer Science and Software Engineering Research Paper Available online at: www.ijarcsse.com Green Solutions: A Pilot Study on Green Technology and Green Computing Shalabh Agarwal, Abhradip Ghosh, Saptarshi Bhattacharyya, Asoke Nath Department of Computer Science, St. Xavier`s College, Kolkata, India Abstract- Green Technology(GT) and Green Computing now-a-days are most two important issues in the present IT scenario. Green Computing primarily concerned about efficient use of computer power management, minimum discharge of carbon dioxide and to recycle e-waste to make the environment sustainable. Green Technology is one step above Green Computing where the people much more concerned about how to minimize any kind of technology related hazards and to make this globe safe for the use of coming generations. In the present study the authors concentrate on the need for Green Technology and to make this globe sustainable for the coming years. Due to the alarming degradation of the overall environmental situations over the whole world, it is very much needed that the researchers should propose some environmental technical solutions in more or less all fields of technology. Such technical solution are proposed to substitute the traditional high-cost , pollution prone strategies. These are basically known as Green Solutions(GS). Not only it is bounded in only IT and Electronics ,it is even in turn responsible for sustainable development of socio-economic condition in developing countries. This paper analyses these Green Solutions along with their specific area of application. This study also includes what are the relative advantages and pitfalls. Finally the authors also explore the current trend in Green Computing and how it is successfully adopted is thoroughly discussed in subsequent sections. Keywords— Holoprojector, Holodisc, Blackale, E-waste, VIA Technology ,Energy Star I. INTRODUCTION The term ―Green‖ is strongly coupled with environment. So when we talk about ―Green Computing‖,then i t is quite obvious that we are finding some solutions ,rather than strategies to build software products efficiently with minimum impact on environment .Developing a software product is not only bound to writing it`s core code, but also it includes several phases starting from planning to maintenance. If we want to build energy efficient green software, we have to make the whole process ―Green‖. Global warming is a serious issue today ,probably the most worrying threat to our planet at the present time is global warming. Green computing and the use of energy efficient green technologies can reduce this scaring impact of global warming. All we know the continuous use of non-recyclable energy resources can lead us to the dead end of the civilization. The predominant factors resulting in the warming of the earth are the emissions of CO 2 and deforestation. CO 2 , which damages the ozone layer, comes from several sources, but the most problematic are those coming from the burning of fossil fuels from power plants. This releases thousands tons of CO 2 into the atmosphere every year. Another cause of these emissions is the burning of gasoline for transportation, which continues to increase because of our demand for cars and also our increasing worldwide consumption, resulting in an increasing need to transport goods. Also, forests store large amounts of carbon, so deforestation is causing larger amounts of CO 2 to remain in the atmosphere. Nevertheless, there are potential ways to solve these problems, or at least reduce the effects. Firstly, governments need to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels and promote alternatives. Plant-derived plastics, bio-diesel, wind power and solar power are all things that are a step in the right direction. But these things merely represent solutions in a fuzzy manner. So brief discussion is strongly needed in order to enforce the application of these strategies in modern real life scenario. More precisely, we need to mention the specific areas with corresponding remedies. However, in this paper the authors concentrate on only one such field- The modern IT and Electronics Industry and here an attempt is made to analyze different green strategies that is applicable in this particular area. In order to make this green movement a big success, governments need to take some initiatives such as use of electronic documents in governments sectors rather using paper documents, because all we know paper production industry is totally based on forest removal program, this could be dangerous for environment. Moreover the maintenance of paper documents is a highly tedious job and security issue is also a matter. All these problems can be solved by the use of e- documents(such as Electronic Forms, PDF documents ,Electronic Mails).This is very useful both in terms of cost and effort. Government can launch the environment awareness program in school ,colleges to ensure the efficient use of energy resources. Not only any governing body ,but also individuals can play a part by making lifestyle changes. People should try to buy cars with the best fuel economy, and only use their car when really necessary. They can also switch to energy companies