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Literature Review- Impacts of Green Cloud Computing on Environmental Protection

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Literature Review- Impacts of Green Cloud Computing on Environmental Protection

Introduction

The concept of green cloud computing has emerged as a solution to minimize the environmental effect due to cloud computing. The literature review examines the impacts of green cloud computing on environmental protection. The three articles selected for this review investigate specific topics related to the ecological benefits of green cloud computing. One of the articles explores the impacts of urban green spaces on gaseous air pollutants in Tehran, which is relevant as the use of cloud computing can reduce the need for physical data centers that emit pollutants. The second article investigates the factors that affect the eagerness of green business operation in the Iranian banking sector. The third article discusses the economics of green cloud computing and how it can contribute to a sustainable future.

The research articles utilized for this literature review were retrieved from the PROQUEST and EBSCOhost databases in the Monroe College library. Extra information utilized was retrieved from peer reviewed journals, dissertations, publications, and books. These helped to obtain information about how green cloud computing has contributed to environment protection. Newspaper articles and peer-reviewed journals were accessed online using various search engines or through direct entry into the website of the publisher of the newspaper or journal.

Review of Literature

Achieving environmental sustainability

Wibowo and Wells (2016) conducted research to identify how companies are adopting renewable energy sources and the economic benefits of green Cloud. Cloud computing has become popular as more clients require safe storage. Cloud service providers are responsible for providing services while minimizing environmental impact. The researchers reviewed the literature on green Cloud computing at Central Queensland University, Australia. The authors are qualified to write on the topic as they are in the School of Engineering and Technology. The researchers, in 2016, performed the research starting with an introduction background, then the literature review, a discussion of findings, and a conclusion with future direction. The researchers showed that companies could pursue green Cloud computing by considering significant factors like providing dynamic types of energy, multi-tenancy, utilization of servers, and efficiency of data centers.

The literature review boosts the discussion on the costs of various energy sources, the impact of location, and the sustainability of green Cloud energy. The research showed that companies could achieve economic viability by using greener energy sources. Companies should strive to adopt business processes and practices that are more energy-efficient and sustainable to the environment. A green Cloud computing company has a green strategy in aspects like the location of their data centers, the mix of energy of electricity they use, and the consideration of dynamic provisioning.

Implementation of the green management process

Hejri et al. (2022) conducted research on the factors that impact how banks are ready to implement the process of green management. The main purpose for the sturdy was to determine aspects impacting the green business operation. These authors were all from the Islamic Azad University meaning that they were qualified to write the paper. Different sections were used to conduct the research. The research was conducted in the year 2019 in Tehran, Iran.

The researchers began this applied research with a theoretical framework concerning the issue of green technology and how it affects banking businesses in Iran. The researchers reviewed all the documents that were relevant to the topic under study. The applied research involved several books and journals to review the theoretical concepts. The population of 14 industry experts in the fields of information technology (IT), management, and engineering was sampled using purposeful snowball techniques. The authors then used the fuzzy DEMATEL method to make decisions based on paired comparisons. Hejri et al. (2022) found that green awareness is the factor that had the highest impact and interaction of 6.314 on other factors. Green operation is the factor that is most affected by others.

Negative impact associated with green cloud computing

The authors did not mention the period within which they conducted the study. The authors looked at the different influences of the urban green development programs on air quality in urban Tehran. The authors looked at the influence of the additional vegetative areas near surface deposition velocities and fluxes. The other elements considered were the concentration of pollutants near the surface, alteration in boundary layer height, and the meteorology variables. Th authors use satellite images to determine how planted areas are distributed across the city.

The authors' research led to several results the prevailing wind direction and speed influence the daily concentration of pollutants. The lower boundary's height and buoyancy result in very low vertical mass transport during the daytime. The winds come in from the west over the city at 18:00 UTC, with a high level of pollutants.

Analysis of Literature

Arghavani et al. (2019) article contributes to a better understanding of the positive impact of urban green spaces on air quality in metropolitan areas. However, it has limited relevance to the topic of green cloud computing. On the other hand, Hejri et al. (2022) provides insights into the aspects that can promote the implementation of green cloud computing in the banking industry. The research's findings can be applied to other sectors as well, making it a valuable source for understanding the potential benefits of green cloud computing. Wibowo and Wells (2016) provides a comprehensive analysis of the environmental benefits of cloud computing, including reducing carbon emissions and energy consumption. The article also evaluates the cost-effectiveness of green cloud computing and provides recommendations for implementing it.

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