Bilgi Teknolojilerinin Çevresel Yüzü: Yeşil Bilişim

Year 2023, , 232 - 252, 31.12.2023

Faruk Dursun

https://doi.org/10.55179/dusbed.1281865

Abstract

Teknolojik gelişmeler ışığında ortaya çıkan elektronik cihazlar sosyal hayatta ve iş hayatında yaygın bir şekilde kullanılmaktadır. Çeşitlenen elektronik cihazların yoğun kullanımı beraberinde enerji tüketimini ve e-atık sorununu da getirmektedir. Gerek enerji tüketimi gerek e-atıklar çevre ve doğal olarak insan sağlığı üzerinde olumsuz etkiye sahiptir. Teknolojik cihaz kullanımı ve üretimi sırasında ortaya çıkan sera gazı, üretim atıkları vb. olumsuz süreçler iklim değişiklikleri üzerinde etkili bir neden olurken kullanım ömrü dolan cihazların etkin bir geri dönüşüm sürecine dahil edilememesi de cihazların kullanım ömrü sonunda ortaya çıkan çeşitli elementlerin çevre ve insan sağlığı üzerindeki etkisini arttırmaktadır. Elektronik cihazların tasarımı, üretimi, kullanımı ve geri dönüşüm süreçlerini çevre dostu bir şekilde tasarlayan “yeşil bilişim” teknoloji yoğun kullanım neticesinde ortaya çıkan olumsuzlukları ortadan kaldırmayı amaçlamaktadır. Bu çalışmada yeşil bilişim ve eko etiket uygulamaları incelenirken konu kapsamında eko etiket uygulamalarının yeşil bilişim kavramının sosyal ve ekonomik boyutta karşılığını bulması açısından önemine atıfta bulunulmuştur. Buna ek olarak kişisel ve sektörel elektronik ve elektrikli cihaz alımlarında eko-etiketli ürünlerin tercih edilmesi hatta sektörel bazda kamu ve özel sektör ayrımı gözetilmeksizin alım ihalelerinin teknik şartnamelerine cihazların eko-etiket taşıma zorunluluğu eklenerek sürecin yönetilmesi yararlı olacağı önerilirken, toplumsal bilincin yaygınlaşması için çeşitli faktörlerin kullanılması, atık toplama süreçlerinin teşvik edilmesi, eğlenceli hale getirilmesinin de etkili bir yöntem olacağı sonuç olarak dikkat çekmektedir.

Keywords

Yeşil bilişim, Bilişim sistemleri, Bilgi teknolojisi

Environmental Face of Information Technologies: Green Computing

Abstract

Electronic devices that emerged in the light of technological developments are widely used in social and business life. The intensive use of various electronic devices brings with it energy consumption and e-waste problem. Both energy consumption and e-waste have negative effects on the environment and naturally on human health. Greenhouse gas, production waste, etc., which arise during the use and production of technological devices. While adverse processes are an effective cause on climate changes, the inability to include devices that have expired in an effective recycling process increases the impact of various elements that occur at the end of the life of the devices on the environment and human health. “Green computing”, which designs the design, production, use and recycling processes of electronic devices in an environmentally friendly way, aims to eliminate the negativities that arise as a result of intensive use of technology. In this study, while examining green informatics and eco-label applications, the importance of eco-label applications in terms of finding the social and economic equivalent of the concept of green informatics has been referred to. In addition, it is suggested that eco-labeled products should be preferred in personal and sectoral electronic and electrical device purchases, and it would be beneficial to manage the process by adding the obligation to carry eco-labels to the technical specifications of the procurement tenders, regardless of the sectoral basis, regardless of the public and private sector, while using various factors to spread social awareness. As a result, it draws attention that encouraging waste collection processes and making them fun will be an effective method.

Keywords

Green computing, Information systems, Information technology, E-waste

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