Gestão do uso sustentável de equipamentos tecnológicos/computador

Abstract

The global concern about environmental degradation and sustainability has led people to reflect on their consumption model. The computer is in this consumption and, even with good conditions of use, it is being replaced in increasingly shorter periods of time. When the computer is disposed irregularly in the environment can cause harm to human health, contaminate soil, water and air, resulting from the release of toxic substances into its components. In order to seek alternatives to decrease the environmental impacts by extending the lifespan of the computer at the Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro – UFTM (Federal University of Triângulo Mineiro), it was proposed a software that will promote the management of sustainable use of desktop computer. This proposal was developed in PHP scripting language (Hypertext Preprocessor), and may use the information supplied by the existing Balance System. Therefore, this work is a study of the growth in the number of computers and users in UFTM, but also creates the software “Sistema de Gestão do Uso Sustentável de Equipamentos Tecnológicos – SIGUS” (Management System for Sustainable Use of Technological Equipment) to produce specific information from wear and tear of computers in UFTM. The simulation with the fictitious data computers using the SIGUS system was compared with the results compiled Excel spreadsheet. These provided the wear of equipment in years and hours; the end date of Normal lifespan and the end date of Extended lifespan. With SIGUS and using settings parameters of the Normal lifespan and Extended lifespan, there is a prolongation of computers time using by at least 60% of its initial estimate of use. With the implementation of SIGUS software in UFTM it's expected that the management of sustainable use of its computers can be performed effectively subsidized for information, and in the future, this action can be extended to other technological equipment.