Green ICT implementation at educational institution: A step towards sustainable future

Author

Suryawanshi, Kavita ; Narkhede, Sameer

Author_Institution

Dr. D. Y. Patil Inst. of MCA, Univ. of Pune, Pune, India

fYear

2013

fDate

20-22 Dec. 2013

Firstpage

251

Lastpage

255

Abstract

Green ICT is an innovative way of using ICT related to the environment protection and sustaining a future. This paper analyzes the need as well as practices of Green ICT at educational institution. This paper presents the benefits to educational institutes for going green information and communication technology and also barriers in the Green ICT implementation based on data collected from survey of various website of educational institutions and overall discussion and analysis. The study identified that the Green ICT is essential at institutions for cost effectiveness and environment sustainability.

Keywords

computer aided instruction; educational institutions; green computing; Web site; cost effectiveness; educational institution; environment protection; environment sustainability; green ICT; information and communication technology; Air pollution; Carbon dioxide; Educational institutions; Electronic waste; Government; Green products; Educational Institution; Green ICT (GICT); Green ICT Practices; information and communication technology (ICT);

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

MOOC Innovation and Technology in Education (MITE), 2013 IEEE International Conference in

Conference_Location

Jaipur

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-1625-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MITE.2013.6756344

Filename

6756344