INFORMATION SYSTEM MANAGMENT

Information System Management



Information System Management

Introduction

Appropriate use of information technology and communication (ICT) could be reduced by at least 15% emissions of carbon dioxide in a few years. These savings would come from sectors such as transportation, logistics, power grids and construction. Some examples to better understand the relationship between ICT and energy savings.

Combustibles if more cars using GPS can use less fuel and arrived at their destination more quickly.

If companies use telecommuting, virtual meetings and some operations are performed online, rather than personally. You save a lot of energy because less people will have the need to travel to go to work every day or do paperwork, etc. therefore fewer emissions.

To catch on construction or conversion of buildings and homes with eco-efficiency criteria can save a lot of energy and lower emissions. It is important to focus on three pillars: the proper insulation, efficient lighting and ventilation. In Europe, 40% of energy consumed is for buildings so this sector is one of the more chances you have of saving (Pfeffer and Salancik, 2008, pp. 104-24). ICT has various technologies to improve energy efficiency. Intelligent lighting in homes but also in public areas and the use of renewable energy can help improve energy management. ICT can help lower the carbon footprint in each country if they are used efficiently and can achieve environmental sustainability. It is important that consistent and appropriate policies designed to harness the potential of information technologies and communication offer to reduce carbon levels. To save energy and reduce pollutant emissions in significant numbers, all sectors need to work from, the use of ICTs have the potential to do so.

It's almost by stealth as the world of networks and telecom is meeting this week in Paris on the theme of sustainable development. Green conference Telco World Congress opened its doors Wednesday, January 21 near the Cour Saint-Emilion, Paris. Luis Neves, vice president, corporate responsibility 'of Deutsche Telekom, but also president of the Global e-Sustainability Initiative, opened the ball with a finding that challenges conventional wisdom. ICT pollute, of course, but they also represent the best way for all other sectors to reduce their CO2 emissions (Rivers, 2005, pp. 551-574). Gartner estimated that 2% contribution of ICT to global emissions of greenhouse gas emissions. According to Gesi, it could go up 3% in 2020. But here's the credo of Luis Neves and his association: why not act on the remaining 98%, and this, by using ICT to better effect? To support his point of view, Gesi released last year, with the Climate Group, a report entitled "Smart 2020: Enabling the low carbon economy in The Information Age '. It takes stock of pollution generated by the ICT industry. But it also establishes how to reduce global carbon footprint through ICT, in projecting to 2020. Result: ICTs can facilitate the reduction of CO2 emissions in all sectors, worldwide, up 15%, or nearly 8 billion tons (Sertel, 2009, ...