Adoption of Green IT in the university environment: systematic review of sustainability practices in educational institutions
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https://doi.org/10.5380/atoz.v9i2.74598Palabras clave:
Green Computing, Green University, Sustainable University, Sustainable Practices, IT ManagementResumen
Introduction: Universities are concerned and aware about climate change and sustainable issues in Information Technology (IT). Green IT is the practice of designing, manufacturing, using and disposing of computers, servers and associated equipment with minimal or no impact to the environment. In order to investigate how university handles this, the objective of this article is to research implementation of Green IT study cases in the university environment and to report the practices and results of this application. Method: To develop this work a systematic review was carried out, a research protocol was defined based on the last 10 years of scientific publications in the ACM, IEEE and Scopus periodical databases. The process was done in two stages comprehending the search in journals databases and the systematic analysis of the articles chosen that were related to the research topic. The findings of this study are case studies, on how to start a project, technologies, difficulties and benefits of the implementation. The research was limited to the qualitative documental analysis of scientific articles. Results: As a result, nine articles were identified which reported application practices of Green IT in universities, including studies from Africa, America, Asia, Europe and Oceania. Conclusions: The study contributed with an overview about IT sustainability practices and helped to understand the universe of Green IT applied to universities.
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