Abstract
Energy consumption by Information and communications technologies (ICT) has
predominantly remained a major area of concern by the businesses around the
globe. Information technology (IT) products impact the environment,
significantly, in terms of energy usage, carbon emissions, hazardous
substances, accumulation, and disposition of electronic wastes. For instance;
desktop, laptops, networking hardware, storage, and datacenter facilities
consumes significant amount energy to operate and release the Greenhouse gas
(GHG) emissions in the environment. As a result, there is a growing awareness,
among all the private and public industry sectors, for using technology in an
environmentally responsible manner.
This report discusses about the awareness of the Green IT practices and the IT
infrastructure that contributes to the IT greenhouse gas emissions. Further,
it highlights the best practices in Green IT adopted by businesses around the
world. The report also elaborates upon the challenges that restrain companies
from adopting Green IT operations in their operations, and the drivers that
encourage the adoption of Green IT practices.
TechNavio Insights is a set of reports based on TechNavio - a market
intelligence platform for the IT industry. It builds on the intelligence
available within TechNavio, and leverages on the custom research experience of
the ' Technology Navigators' . TechNavio is built on years of experience of
Infiniti Research in deep dive custom research and consulting for over 30
Fortune 500 companies and numerous large and mid-sized companies.
Table of Contents
- 1. Overview
- 2. Green IT Awareness
- 3. ICT Equipment as GHG Emitters
- 4. Best Practices in Green IT
- 5. Challenges in Green IT Practices
- 6. Factors driving Green IT practices
- 7. Vertical Trends - Practices in Green IT
- Other Reports in this Series
List of Exhibits
- Exhibit 2.1: Awareness of the green IT practices - 2008
- Exhibit 3.1: IT as a GHG emitters (2008)
- Exhibit 4.1: Best practices in green IT - 2008
- Exhibit 5.1: Challenges towards adoption if green IT practices correct the
graph
- Exhibit 6.1: Drivers for the adoption of green IT practices
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