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Deployment of a Campaign to Measure the ICT Carbon Footprint

Authors:
Guillaume Bourgeois
Vincent Courboulay
Benjamin Duthil

Keywords: Sustainable Information Systems, Literature Review, Environmental Awareness, Green Computing, , ecoresponsible, ecological impact, sustainable development, energy consumption, WEEE.Introduction).

Abstract:
ICT Maturity Models are essential for any organization to improve the environmental footprint of its IT operations and determine how its IT infrastructure, products, services, operations, applications and practices can be environmentally friendly. To combat global warming induced by greenhouse gas emissions, the IT industry is responsible for three to four percent of global carbon dioxide emissions [3]. While organizations aiming for a green IT strategy should not only improve their environmental impact, but also their financial situation. IT hardware will never be absolutely sustainable, as its manufacturing process uses many nonrenewable resources. However, its environmental impact can be reduced. There is only one way to do this: measure! This study explains how organizations can measure the impact of their IT systems and thus make decisions to reduce them using WeNR2021.

Pages: 15 to 19

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2021

Publication date: November 14, 2021

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2519-8483

ISBN: 978-1-61208-924-9

Location: Athens, Greece

Dates: from November 14, 2021 to November 18, 2021