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1. Understanding the concept of "Green IT
Before explaining our subject in greater detail, it might be useful to define certain terms and concepts that may seem unclear to the reader.
The term "Green IT" is literally a contraction of the concept of Green Information Technology. This concept appeared almost 20 years ago. , but its real emergence in all fields linked to information and communication technologies is even more recent. Awareness of the environmental impact of the sector as a whole has been growing worldwide for the past ten years.
Also known as "Green Computing", this field is concerned with the study of the environmental impact of information and communication technologies, and the means, solutions and...
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Bibliography
- (1) - - http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_computing#cite_note-8 .
- (2) - - FORRESTER. – Mapping IT's Green Opportunities, Get Ready For Green IT 2.0 :
Websites
French reference portal for Green IT (the environmental impact of IT activities):
The site brings together information and work published by the CNRS-supported IT working group. It includes studies on the environmental impact of equipment manufacturing:
Standards and norms
The European Code of Conduct for data centers has already been presented in this article. It can be retrieved at the following address: http://re.jrc.ec.europa.eu/energyefficiency/html/standby_initiative_data_centers.htm
Regulations
Directive 2002/95/EC – RoHs: Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment.
Directive 2002/96/EC – WEEE: Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE).
Decree no. 2009-1139 of September 22, 2009: directive...
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Organizations – Associations – Federations (non-exhaustive list)
Global e-Sustainability Initiative (GeSI) :
Alliance Green IT (AGIT), an association of Green IT professionals in France, launched in September 2011. To date, it has around twenty members:
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