Book description
“Ultimately, this is a remarkable book, a practical testimonial, and
a comprehensive bibliography rolled into one. It is a single, bright
sword cut across the various murky green IT topics. And if my mistakes
and lessons learned through the green IT journey are any indication,
this book will be used every day by folks interested in greening
IT.”
- Simon Y. Liu, Ph. D. & Ed. D.,
Editor-in-Chief, IT Professional Magazine, IEEE Computer
Society, Director, U. S. National Agricultural Library
This book presents a holistic perspective on Green IT by discussing
its various facets and showing how to strategically embrace it
Harnessing Green IT: Principles and Practices examines various
ways of making computing and information systems greener -
environmentally sustainable -, as well as several means of using
Information Technology (IT) as a tool and an enabler to improve the
environmental sustainability. The book focuses on both greening of IT
and greening by IT - complimentary approaches to attaining
environmental sustainability. In a single volume, it
comprehensively covers several key aspects of Green IT - green
technologies, design, standards, maturity models, strategies and
adoption -, and presents a clear approach to greening IT encompassing
green use, green disposal, green design, and green manufacturing. It
also illustrates how to strategically apply green IT in practice in
several areas.
Key Features:
- Presents a comprehensive coverage of key topics of importance and
practical relevance - green technologies, design, standards,
maturity models, strategies and adoption
- Highlights several useful approaches to embracing green IT in
several areas
- Features chapters written by accomplished experts from industry
and academia who have first-hand knowledge and expertise in specific
areas of green IT
- Presents a set of review and discussion questions for each chapter
that will help the readers to examine and explore the green IT
domain further
- Includes a companion website providing resources for further
information and presentation slides
This book will be an invaluable resource for IT Professionals,
academics, students, researchers, project leaders/managers, IT
business executives, CIOs, CTOs and anyone interested in Green IT and
harnessing it to enhance our environment.
