Sustainable IT : Connect the Dots to a Greener Future
summary
The tech sector emits about 2–3% of global greenhouse gases—about the same as aviation—and 2019 sees ~53 million tons of e‑waste with only ~20% properly recycled. A smartphone runs trillions of FLOPS versus Apollo 11’s 14,000, but that power increases carbon if cloud VMs sit idle; FinOps and central governance fix waste. Data center efficiency uses PUE 1.0 vs 1.5 as a concrete metric. The Green Software Foundation offers courses and the carbon hack impact framework plugin is built and field‑tested.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Sustainable IT intro
- 2:22Why sustainable IT matters
- 4:28Cloud infra and sustainability
- 7:41What is green software
- 9:06Green software principles
- 15:09Enterprise sustainable IT
- 19:49Individual green actions
- 23:23Summary and call to action
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