Application of ISO/IEC 33000 to Green IT: A Case Study

Application of ISO/IEC 33000 to Green IT: A Case Study

Sustainability is increasingly present in all areas of society and organizations. In Information Technology (IT), the idea of sustainability has come through the so-called Green IT practices. These practices are attracting many organizations that have realized the importance of this area and the ben...

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Published in:IEEE access Vol. 7; pp. 116380 - 116389
Main Authors: Paton-Romero, J. David, Baldassarre, Maria Teresa, Rodreguez, Moises, Perez-Canencio, Jose Gabriel, Ojeda-Solarte, Mary Luz, Rey-Piedrahita, Andres, Piattini, Mario
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Piscataway IEEE 2019
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subjects:
audit
Case studies
case study
governance
green IT
Green products
IEC Standards
Information technology
ISO Standards
ISO/IEC 33000
management
maturity model
Organizations
Standards organizations
Sustainability
Sustainable development
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Summary:Sustainability is increasingly present in all areas of society and organizations. In Information Technology (IT), the idea of sustainability has come through the so-called Green IT practices. These practices are attracting many organizations that have realized the importance of this area and the benefits it generates socially, economically, and environmentally. However, there is a lack of standards and/or frameworks that help organizations to carry out these Green IT practices. For this reason, we have developed the "Governance and Management Framework for Green IT" and an ISO/IEC 33000-based maturity model for this framework, which allow to perform the implementation, evaluation, and improvement of Green IT in organizations in a systematic and progressive manner. In the present study we present an empirical validation through a case study that we have conducted with these proposals, emphasizing the application of ISO/IEC 33000 family of standards to Green IT. The results obtained in this case study demonstrate the importance of having a maturity model for Green IT and the validity and usefulness of the application of ISO/IEC 33000 to Green IT through the developed maturity model.
ISSN:2169-3536
2169-3536
DOI:10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2936451