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GREEN TECHNOLOGY TERMS: GLOSSARY
Acid Rain
Acid rain is a kind of rainfall containing different harmful industrial pollutants such as sulfur dioxide mixed with oxygen and water vapor.
Air Pollutant
Air pollutant refers to any particles in the air that in large amounts can be harmful to the health of humans, animals and plants.
Air Pollution
Air pollution is made of up harmful particles in the air that can cause damage to both human health and the environment.
Alternative Energy
Alternative energy refers to power derived from sources such as the sun, wind and water.
Biodegradable
Biodegradable is a term used to objects that are made up of materials easily broken down and soaked up by the environment without intervention from outside forces
Biodiesel
Biodiesel is an alternative form of fuel that is made from vegetable of animal fats. Ethanol is a common type of biodiesel that is made from US corn or Brazilian sugar cane but there are other forms of biodiesel that are made from pig waste, algae and switchgrass that are currently being developed.
Biodiversity
Biodiversity refers to the huge groupings made of different types of animals, plants and other organisms where it is favorable to the development of all organisms.
Biomass
Biomass is the source of energy that is taken from any organic materials like wood.
Biosphere
Biosphere is an ecological unit made up of earth and living species of animal, plants and other organisms.
Blacksurfing
Blacksurfing is browsing through Websites like Google using reversed color schemes from white background with black text to black background with white text. This technique would enable to save electricity consumption of a CRT up to 15 watts.
Cap-and-Trade System
Cap-and-trade system is a business approach where incentives are given to companies that can decrease the emission of pollutants in its infrastructures such as buildings.
Carbon Dioxide
Carbon dioxide is a common form of gas present in the environment but too much of it can cause global warming.
Carbon Footprint
Carbon Footprint is the unit of measurement used on how much impact a specific person or organization’s existence and operations has on the environment based on the emission of carbon dioxide.
Carbon Monoxide
Carbon monoxide is a harmful gas expelled during incineration.
Carbon Neutral
Carbon neutral is balancing the emission of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide into the environment with the production and release of renewable, useful energy in order to offset the release of greenhouse gases.
Carbon Offset
Carbon offset is the financial means of reducing greenhouse gas emission.
Carbon Rationing
Carbon rationing refers to the action of lessening the consumption carbon on a yearly basis.
Carbon Sink
Carbon sinking refers to the absorption of carbon dioxide by certain parts of the environment such as oceans.
Carbon Tax
Carbon tax is a tariff imposed on fossil fuels based on the amount of carbon these contain.
Carcinogen
Carcinogen refers to the material that can induce cancer.
Chief Green Officer (CGO)
A Chief Green Officer is a member of an organization who is responsible in making sure that his organization would operate without damaging the environment. He is responsible for such matters as recycling, utilization of renewable, useful energy and proper waste management.
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
Chloroflourocarbons are man-made gases produced by certain equipment such as refrigerators and air conditioners that are composed of carbon, chlorine, fluorine and even hydrogen at times.
Clean Computing
Clean computing refers to the production, utilization and disposal of and organization’s IT devices that do not harm the environment.
Climate Change
Climate change refers to alteration of the earth’s climate and weather patterns due to incineration of fossil fuels.
Compact Fluorescent Light Bulb (CFL)
A compact fluorescent light bulb is a lighting device that looks the same as a standard sized incandescent light bulb. It is more long lasting and it uses less power compared to an incandescent light bulb.
Composting
Composting is the act where organic products and substances are mixed together to decompose and be used as a fertilizer, for example.
Conservation
Conservation is the act of protection and restoration of both human and natural resources.
Contamination
Contamination refers to the intrusion of harmful substances into the air, water and soil that make them unfit for use.
Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency (DCIE)
Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency is a metric unit used to measure the power flowing into a data center facility versus the actual account of power that the equipments are using.
Daylighting
Daylighting is the act of utilizing natural light to complement or eliminated artificial lighting.
Disposal
Disposal is the elimination of harmful waste products through the utilization of landfills, combustion and others.
Dot Green
Dot green refers to the Internet-based green computing organization that makes use of the dot-com boom model with the same set of people who benefit from the buzz created in this movement.
e-Cube
E-cube is a cube made of wax that is utilized as a container that preserves food while using less energy in doing so. Its purpose is similar to a refrigerator.
e-Cycling
e-Cycling refers to the refurbishment of used electronic devices and equipment instead of disposing they reached their end of life cycle. These devices can be re-utilized, sold to another party or donated to an organization such as a charity movement.
e-Waste
e-Waste refers to the electronic equipment disposed after they have reached their end of life cycle.
Eco-Assessment
Eco-assessment is the act of the appraisal of your house or office with the goal or lessening power and water consumption.
Eco-Bag
Eco-bag is a type of bag made up of organic materials used to replace plastic bags.
Eco-Bus
Eco-Bus is a vehicle that utilizes a mix of diesel petrol and electricity to make it run.
Eco-Friendly
Eco-friendly refers to objects that have little or no effect on the environment.
Ecology
Ecology is the scientific study of the interrelationship between living species of animals, plants and other organisms with their surroundings.
Economizer
Economizer is a mechanical tool that can decrease the use of energy that machines use and it can even be utilized to perform another function such as heating up a liquid.
Emergy-C
Emergy-C c is invented by Mark Ontkush, a blogger that makes use of a color scheme that enables a CRT to use lower amounts of power.
Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool
EPEAT is a system that sets standards and ranks to guide people on what electronic devices to purchase based on energy efficiency and environment safeness.
Emissions Cap
Emissions cap refers to the maximum limit imposed on companies that expel greenhouse gases.
Energy Efficiency
Energy efficiency refers to the different means used to make houses enhance efficiency with less power.
Energy Saving Grant
Energy saving grant is a monetary grant that is given to an individual in order to enhance home efficiency with less power.
Energy Saving Light Bulbs
Energy saving light bulbs produces light with less energy.
Energy Star
Energy Star is a program managed by the US government that aims to determine which equipment, infrastructures, appliances and electronic devices that use reduced amounts of power, thereby increasing energy efficiency.
Environmental Impact
Environmental impact refers to a positive or negative modification applied to the environment that may be brought about by nature or human intervention.
Environmentally Preferable
Environmentally preferable refers to items that have minimal effect on earth’s surroundings.
Exposure
Exposure is the sum of radiation or contaminant that is in a particular surrounding that may cause harm to the health of any living organism residing in this area.
Fossil Fuel
Fossil fuel is a type of fuel that is comprised of decayed fossil animal and plants. Some examples of fossil fuels are coal, oil and natural gas.
Fuel Cell
Fuel cell is a means to utilize electrochemical process to change energy into electrical power.
Geoengineering
Geoengineering is a forceful action that aims to drastically change the environment where you add or remove a particular energy supply on a large scale.
Geothermal Energy
Geothermal energy refers to the heat that earth naturally generates.
Glass Recycling
Glass recycling is the act of re-processing and re-using of glass products.
Global Warming
Global warming is the amplification of the temperature of the earth due to the incineration of fossil fuels.
Green
Green refers to the description of a particular infrastructure or location that has little effect to the surroundings.
Green Collar
Green collar refers to any job where environment-friendly products and services are involved. Examples are the set up of solar panels and manufacturing of biodiesel fuels.
Green Computing
Green computing refers to the utilization of electronic devices such as computers while making sure that such equipment are environmentally safe to use.
Green Data Center
A green data center is a wealth of information including data on storage, administration and distribution of information where all devices such as computers are manufactured with the optimal energy efficiency with minimal environment impact.
Green Design
Green design is a structural design such as a building or a house that makes use of environment-friendly concepts, materials and energy utilization in building such structure.
Green Fatigue
Green fatigue refers to being fed up with redundant communication about the unavoidable global environmental crisis.
Green Networking
Green networking refers to merging different equipment and reliance towards telecommuting, videoconferencing and other virtual means in order to decrease electricity consumption throughout the network.
Green Grid
Green Grid is a worldwide industry association that aims to promote and ensure the advancement of energy efficiency primarily in data centers and other business computing environments.
Green Technology Initiative
Green technology initiative is a group of firms that founded green computing with the sole purpose of aiding, educating and motivating business organizations to care more about the environment in terms of their IT network.
Greenhouse Effect
Greenhouse effect is the method of amplifying the heat in a particularly cool location because of the greenhouse gases that entrap heat like carbon dioxide, chlorofluorocarbons and ozone.
Greenwashing
Greenwashing refers to creating a baseless and deceptive allegation about the environmental advantages of a particular product, service, expertise or business policies and procedures.
Habitat
Habitat is the natural environment of a living organism.
Hydroelectric Energy
Hydroelectric energy refers to electrical power generated from water movement.
Hypermiling
Hypermiling refers to maximizing mileage when driving a vehicle.
Integrated Waste Management
Integrated waste management refers to an organized set of techniques to process solid waste products in an effective manner.
Kilowatt-Hours (KWH)
Kilowatt-Hours is the measurement used in the utilization of electricity and gas.
Landfill
Landfill is a wasteland filled with garbage and waste products hidden underneath dirt and topsoil.
Lead
Lead is a chemical commonly used in paints that is harmful to both humans and the environment.
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)
LEED is an environmentally-geared certification program managed by the US Green Building Council (USGBC) that aims to hone the operations of data centers on 5 specific areas, energy efficiency, indoor environmental quality, materials selection, sustainable site development and water savings.
Light Pollution
Light pollution refers to the excessive use of light that would become damaging to the environment.
Low Emission Vehicles
Low emission vehicles refer to cars and other motor vehicles that expel little air pollution compared to traditional motor vehicles.
Low Wattage Palette
Low Wattage Palette is composed of color schemes that are proven by Energy Star to consume low amounts of electricity. These are rusty red, black, blue grey, forest green, cobalt and white.
Massive Array of Inactive Disks (MAID)
MAIS is the same as RAID that stores data that are not often used on areas that consume lower amounts of power. This technology only allows such data to consume more power in the event that an application needs to make use of them.
Non-Renewable Resources
Non-renewable resources are energy sources that cannot be replenished such as oil, coal and natural gas.
Offsetting
Offsetting is the method of decreasing emission of carbon.
Oil
Oil is a type of fossil fuel that is utilized to manufacture petrol and other items such a plastic.
Organic
Organic is a terminology referring to the cultivation of plants like vegetables without the utilization of fertilizer and pesticides.
Ozone Hole
Ozone hole is the depletion of the ozone layer.
Ozone Layer
Ozone layer is a layer in the earth’s atmosphere that safeguards the planet against ultraviolet radiation.
Paper Battery
Paper battery is a cutting-edge, ultra lightweight and flexible type of energy storage and production tool that can power up the latest electronic and medical equipment as well as hybrid vehicles.
Perceived Obsolescence
Perceived obsolescence is the process of forcing certain items to go outdated such as fashion.
Petroleum
Petroleum is a kind of oil in a liquid state when under the usual settings of temperature and pressure.
Plastic
Plastic is a synthetic item made of petrol oil that is more durable and flexible.
Pollution
Pollution is the presence of chemical particles that can be in the air, water or elsewhere that is harmful to both the environment as well as to those who are within it.
Post Consumer Waste
Post consumer waste is waste gathered after a person has utilized and gotten rid of it.
Power Management
Power management is technology embedded in devices such as appliances that decreases the influx of power onto the device when it is in standby mode.
Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE)
Power usage effectiveness is a unit of measurement used to measure the energy efficiency of a data center.
Rainwater Harvesting
Rainwater harvesting refers to the gathering, storing and re-utilization of rainwater.
Reclamation
Reclamation is the recovery of the objects in a body of water for a useful cause that may be different from its original purpose.
Recycling
Recycling is the method of gathering, organizing and reprocessing of old items into raw materials that can be used again.
Regeneration
Regeneration is the rejuvenation of a particular area or surrounding that have been declared as unsafe for living organisms to live in, revitalizing it for a useful purpose.
Renewable Energy
Renewable energy is a type of energy supply that never gets depleted as it gets replenished continuously. Examples of renewable energy are those derived from the sun, wind and water.
Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive
RoHS is a list of criteria that the European Union (EU) mandated in order to manage the utilization of toxic materials found in electronic equipment such as mercury and cadmium.
Risk
Risk is the measurement of the possibility that there would be an unfavorable effect to a group of people or any other living organisms based on a specific scenario.
Silent Vampire
Silent vampire refers to any device that consumes power through the charger connected to an electrical outlet even if the device is not being used. Examples are mobile phones, iPods and electric drills.
Slush Pile
Slush pile is a mixture of snow, ice and ice water that is placed outside the vicinity of a data center in order to cool down the equipment inside.
Solar Energy
Solar energy is energy derived from the sun.
Standby Power
Standby power is the term used to describe the electricity consumed by a particular device when it is plugged onto an electrical outlet when not being used.
Sustainability
Sustainability refers to the methods that would enable the continuation of the feasibility of a particular product or service’s use in the future.
Telecommuting
Telecommuting is a setup where a person makes use of electronic means such as the Internet and mobile telecommunications to render work.
Thermal Pollution
Thermal pollution refers to the increase in temperature over a specific body of water that can modify the delicate ecological equilibrium.
Thin Client
A thin client is the opposite of a desktop PC as it accesses data from a specific server or computer through remote connection. A thin client does not have its own disks and it makes use of less power for it to operate.
Toxic
Toxic refers to matter that have harmful effects to any living organism.
Ventilation
Ventilation is the method of letting the outside air inside a specific infrastructure like a building.
Virtualization
Virtualization refers to creating a setup where devices, applications and people communicate each other remotely. They make use of the Internet and Intranet to interact with one another.
Volatile Organic Compound (VOC)
Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) are chemicals that produce harmful gases such as formaldehyde, which are often found in carpets and plywood.
Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive
WEEE Directive is a law that the European Union (EU) enacted along with RoHS in order to create guidelines in gathering, recycling and recovering wastes brought about by electronic devices.
Water Cooling
Water cooling makes use of water in order to cool down electronic parts such as computer processors and graphic cards.
Web Compression
Web compression refers to the constriction of data that a Web server holds and transmits to a Web browser in order to cut down bandwith bill costs.
Windpower
Windpower is energy derived from the wind.