Sustainability and IT

Catalog description

This course examines the relationship between Information Technology and sustainability. Students will be introduced to different theories and practices pertaining to business, Information Technology, and sustainability. The course examines both greening of IT and greening by IT. Greening of IT refers to the impact of information systems on the environment, including challenges such as the carbon footprint of information systems and ewaste. Greening by IT refers to IT-enabled solutions that focus on reducing greenhouse gas emissions.