5 Sustainable ITA Comprehensive Guide to Green Computing and Green Internet of Things (IoT) Technologies

Neha Shrotriya, Parthivi Thakore, and Alex Khang

DOI: 10.1201/9781003434269-5

Introduction

The increasing growth of the tech sector has revolutionized the way businesses operate, communicate, and store data. However, this growth has come at a cost to the environment, with increasing energy consumption, carbon emissions, and e-waste. The result is that there is a growing need for businesses to adopt sustainable information technology (IT) practices to minimize their environmental impact. Green computing is an emerging field that focuses on designing, developing, and using computer resources in an eco-friendly way that minimizes energy consumption ...

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