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What is Total Sustainability Indicator Approach

Chapter 11
Handbook of Research on Green ICT: Technology, Business and Social Perspectives
An approach for Green IT Strategy which recommends using an IT Architecture framework with a Sustainability View and mathematical modeling of various attributes based on utility theory, with further manipulation of these mathematical models using Game Theory based approaches.
Published in Chapter:
Approaches and Initiatives to Green IT Strategy in Business
Amit Goel (RMIT University, Australia), Amit Tiwary (Utilities Industry, Australia), and Heinz Schmidt (RMIT University, Australia)
Copyright: © 2011 |Pages: 15
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61692-834-6.ch011
Abstract
Increasing resource consumption by business organizations is impacting the environment and resulting in changes to climatic patterns. The use of Information Technology (IT) and related systems are further contributing to sustainability issues and challenges within business. Hence it becomes imperative for enterprises to formulate their IT Strategies with green approaches in mind so as to reduce the environmental impact of their IT usage. This chapter discusses the issues and challenges in formulating such strategies with particular emphasis on architecture based approaches to green initiatives. A six step methodology for Green IT strategies for business is also recommended.
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