Determination of Carbon Footprint for Climate Change Mitigation: A Green IT Practice
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The gmwing concern about changing weathe1·
pattems and global climate change has led to an upsm·ge in
the populadty of g•·een computing and g•·een IT (Infm·mation
Technology) lately. This study focused on dete1·mining the
ca1·bon footpdnt of Babcock U nive1·sity (BU) and also makes
available the benefits of g•·een computing and green IT
p.-actices. A ca1·bon footprint conceptual f.-amewo1·k was
designed and the emission-factor based calculation app.-oach
was used in the estimation of BU's carbon footpl"int, using
Miuosoft excel fo1· the analysis of •·esnlts. A greenhouse gas
inventory was taken using interview method to get all the
needed data fm· the computation of ca1·bon emissions. The
total ca1·bon footpl"int of BU fo1· the yea•· 2013/2014 was
discovered to be 33,017.89 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent
(C02e) with electl"icity, Infm·mation and Communication
Technology (ICT), gene.-atm· nse and Faculty, staff and
student commuting contributing 46%, 23%, 11% and 11%
•·espectively fm· the base year.
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QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science