| AC |
Alternating Current |
| Basel
Convention |
Also known as: The Basel Convention on the
Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their
Disposal. This is an international treaty concerned with huamn health
and the transportation and disposeal of hazardous waste. |
| DC |
Direct Current |
| Carbon Offsets |
The practice of giving money to an organization
which will plant trees on your behalf. The saplings act as carbon
sinks, absorbing CO2 from the atmosphere while they grow, thus
offsetting the carbon emissions associated with your actions. |
| CRAC |
Computer Room Air Conditioning |
| CRT |
Cathode Ray Tube |
| EPA |
Environmental Protection Agency, a government
organization in the United States of America. |
| EPEAT |
EPEAT Electronic
Product Environmental Assessment Tool |
| GHG | Green House Gas, a gas such as carbon dioxide or methane that is responsible for raising the Earth's temperature. |
| HVAC |
Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning |
| LEED |
Leadership in
Energy and Environmental Design |
| Leaking
Electricity |
See Vampire Power
|
| OS |
Operating System: the software platform running
on a computer or server, such as: Windows, OSX Leopard, Linux, Ubuntu |
| PUE |
Power Usage Effectiveness |
| Phantom Load |
See Vampire Power |
| RoHS |
Restrictions of Hazardous Substances (EU
directive, 2003) |
| Vampire Power |
This is a name given to the power that is
consumed by electronic devices when they are turned off or in standby
mode. Used for: phantom load & leaking electricity. |
| Virtualization |
The practice of having multiple “virtual”
computer servers running on one physical server. These virtual
servers can be running different operating systems or multiple
instances of the same OS. |
| WEEE |
Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment |
