Title :
A Holistic Impact-Assessment Framework for Green ICT
Author :
Raju, Athira ; Lindmark, S. ; Delaere, Simon ; Ballon, P.
Author_Institution :
iMinds-SMIT, VUB, Brussels, Belgium
Abstract :
A new impact-assessment framework evaluates the economic and environmental effects of information and communications technology (ICT), attempting to link such effects to policies, standards, and industrial strategies. The framework is tested on a project for cooperative and self-growing energy-aware networks.
Keywords :
green computing; power aware computing; social aspects of automation; cooperative networks; economic effects; environmental effects; green ICT; impact-assessment framework; industrial strategies; information and communication technology; self-growing energy-aware networks; Economics; Energy consumption; Energy efficiency; Environment factors; Green products; Measurement; Standardization; energy efficiency; green IT; impact assessment; information technology;
Journal_Title :
IT Professional
DOI :
10.1109/MITP.2012.119
