4.3 Green IT Flashcards
United Nations Climate Change Summits
Annual meetings discuss climate change and ways in which the threat can be reduced and managed.
Digital footprint
Any traceable action you or others take on the internet
Carbon footprint
The impact of organisations and individuals on the environment
Energy efficiency
Initiatives in this area include server room upgrades and new builds.
Travel reduction
Initiatives in this area include remote conferencing and collaboration and telecommuting.
Asset disposal
IT equipment recycling
Virtualization and consolidation
Initiatives include server virtualization and consolidation, storage consolidation and desktop virtualization.
Green IT
The practice of reducing energy use by IT equipment and thus improving sustainability.
Purpose of Green IT
Reduce carbon emissions, sustainability eg retain global warming level, greater efficiency, save time and money, reduce energy consumption of 1.5 C
Benefits
Economic - cutting costs; access to potential grants and incentives; enhancing brand image.
Greening Government ICT strategy
Sets out how the Government’s ICT will contribute to green commitments.
Cloud storage
Online storage capacity
