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Understanding the Context of Green ICT

Understanding the Context of Green ICT

Deepa Gheewala, Vivek Gheewala
Copyright: © 2011 |Pages: 12
ISBN13: 9781609604721|ISBN10: 1609604725|EISBN13: 9781609604738
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60960-472-1.ch717
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Gheewala, Deepa, and Vivek Gheewala. "Understanding the Context of Green ICT." Green Technologies: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2011, pp. 1824-1835. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-472-1.ch717

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Gheewala, D. & Gheewala, V. (2011). Understanding the Context of Green ICT. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Green Technologies: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools and Applications (pp. 1824-1835). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-472-1.ch717

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Gheewala, Deepa, and Vivek Gheewala. "Understanding the Context of Green ICT." In Green Technologies: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 1824-1835. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2011. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-472-1.ch717

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Abstract

Green ICT can be considered as the adoption of eco-friendly processes by an organization in its practice of Information and Communication Technologies. The last decade, in particular, has seen profound awareness on the part of individuals as well as organizations in adopting such processes that are environmentally friendly. While automation and related computing activities continue to lead to exponential use of energy quotient, Green ICT continues to chip away at the ‘resigned‘ views of the decision makers to their environmental responsibilities. It is vital today to understand the increasing importance and the context provided by ICT in helping prove the green credentials of an organization. ICT operates at systems and applications level; at the end-user level through the desktops and printers; and at the enterprise level through its data centers, servers and other infrastructure. Green ICT is all about optimization and improvement of the organization’s operational processes without hindering its progress in use of technology. This chapter discusses the context provided by ICT in helping an organization to prove its green credentials. The issues discussed in this chapter include hardware and software implementations, infrastructures, attitudes and policies of decision makers, and how they influence global warming. Therefore, it includes carbon emissions, and the use of software applications in measuring and reporting carbon emissions.

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