Unhelkar B. (ed.) Handbook of Research on Green ICT: Technology, Business and Social Perspectives (2 vol)

Information Science Reference, 2010. — 900 p. — ISBN: 1616928344.Green ICT encompasses a vast and vital domain in todays business and social worlds. The need for focused attention on the green dimension of ICT could not be higher.
Handbook of Research on Green ICT: Technology, Business and Social Perspectives unites worldwide investigations, thoughts, and practices in the area of Green ICT. This two-volume work fosters technical advances, methodological innovations, and social changes that result in enhancements and improvements in business strategies, processes, social policies and technical implementations related to the environment.Topics Covered
Business analysis in green ICT
Business intelligence
Digital green ICT
Environmental challenges in business reengineering
Green enterprise transitions and metrics
Green ICT frameworks
Green Strategic Alignment
Impact of ICT waste on the environment
Strategic business trends for green ICT
Sustainable enterprisesBhuvan Unhelkar (BE, MDBA, MSc, PhD; FACS) is founding principal of MethodScience.com with notable practical consulting and training expertise. For the past few years, Dr. Unhelkar has been actively involved in researching into Green IT and the environment – and its application in practice, particularly Environmentally Responsible Business Strategies. He is co-designer of the Green Point Method (GpM) with envirAbility and has put together and delivered Green IT Design and Implementation (a two day training course approved by the ACS). He has authored/edited fifteen books in the areas of collaborative business, globalization, mobile business, software quality, business analysis, business processes and the UML. Dr. Unhelkar is a Fellow of the Australian Computer Society, Life member of Computer Society of India, Rotarian (PHF) , Discovery volunteer at NSW parks and wildlife and a previous TiE Mentor.. Strategies for a Sustainable Enterprise
Michael Rosen (Wilton Consulting Group & Cutter Consortium, USA), Tamar Krichevsky (Wilton Consulting Group, USA), Harsh Sharma (OMG Sustainability SIG, USA)
Green Strategic Alignment: Aligning business Strategies with Sustainability Objectives
Hui-Ling Wang (University of Wollongong, Australia), Aditya K. Ghose (University of Wollongong, Australia)
. The Role of the Business Analyst in Green ICT (pages 42-50)
Adriana Beal (Beal Projects, USA)
Strategies for Greening Enterprise IT: Creating Business Value and Contributing to Environmental Sustainability
San Murugesan (University of Western Sydney & BRITE Professional Services, Australia)
. Strategic Business Trends in the Context of Green ICT
Keith Sherringham (IMS Corp, Australia), Bhuvan Unhelkar (University of Western Sydney & MethodScience, Australia)
6. Extending and Applying Business Intelligence and Customer Strategies for Green ICT
Bhuvan Unhelkar (University of Western Sydney & MethodScience, Australia), Amit Tiwary (Solution Architect, Australia)
. Sustainable business value
Daniel Younessi (Global Advantage Inc, USA)
. Information Systems for a Green Organisation
Yogesh Deshpande (University of Western Sydney, Australia), Bhuvan Unhelkar (University of Western Sydney & MethodScience, Australia)
. A Comprehensive and Practical Green ICT Framework
Graeme Philipson (Connection Research, Australia)
. Green ICT Organizational Implementations and Workplace Relationships
Heemanshu Jain (London School of Economics (LSE)
. Approaches and Initiatives to Green IT Strategy in Business
Amit Goel (RMIT University, Australia), Amit Tiwary (Utilities Industry, Australia), Heinz Schmidt (RMIT University, Australia)
. The Optimizing WEB: A Green ICT Research Perspective
Aditya K. Ghose (University of Wollongong, Australia), Graham Billiau (University of Wollongong, Australia)
Business Processes Management for a Green Telecommunications Company
Ramesh Balachandran (Sri Lanka Telecom PLC, Sri Lanka)
A Framework for Environmentally Responsible Business Strategies
Bhuvan Unhelkar (MethodScience.com), Bharti Trivedi (University of Western Sydney, Australia)
Role of Mobile Technologies in an Environmentally Responsible Business Strategy
Bharti Trivedi (DDU Nadiad, India), Bhuvan Unhelkar (University of Western Sydney & MethodScience, Australia)
The Negative Impact of ICT Waste on Environment and Health
Walied Askarzai (Academies Australasia, Australia)
Collaboration as a Key Enabler for Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) Implementing Green ICT
Ioakim Marmaridis (IMTG, Australia), Bhuvan Unhelkar (IMTG, Australia)
. Sustainable Business Initiatives in the Context of Emerging Economies
Jay (Luv) M. Nathadwarawala (Cardiff University Business School, UK), Khush M. Nathadwarawala (Imperial College Business School, UK)
Digital Green ICT: Enabling Eco-Efficiency and Eco-Innovation
Krunal Kamani (Anand Agricultural University, India), Dhaval Kathiriya (Gujarat Technological University, India), Paresh Virparia (Sardar Patel University, India), Pankaj Parsania (Anand Agricultural University, India)
Using Knowledge Management Tools in Fostering Green ICT Related Behavior Change (
Magda Hercheui (Westminster Business School, UK)
Enhancing the Efficiency of ICT by Spatial Data Interoperability
Otakar Cerba (University of West Bohemia, Czech Republic), Karel Charvat (Czech Center for Science and Society, Czech Republic), Jan Jezek (University of West Bohemia, Czech Republic), Stepan Kafka (HELP SERVICE – REMOTE SENSING spol. s.r.o., Czech Republic)
Infrastructure Sharing & Renewable Energy Use In Telecommunication Industry for Sustainable Development
Dilupa Ranatunga (University of Colombo, Sri Lanka), Rasika Withanage (University of Wales, UK), Dinesh Arunatileka (University of Western Sydney, Australia & University of Colombo, Sri Lanka)
. Applying Service Oriented Architecture and Cloud Computing for a Greener Traffic Management (pages 332-347)
Ishan Bhalla (University of Technology Sydney, Australia), Kamlesh Chaudhary (University of Technology Sydney, Australia)
An Australian Rules Football Club Approach To Green ICT
Jeffrey Phuah (Carlton Football Club, Australia)
. Environmental Challenges in Mobile Services
Amit Lingarchani (University of Technology, Sydney, Australia)
A Taxonomy of Green Information and Communication Protocols and Standards
Jungwoo Ryoo (The Pennsylvania State University-Altoona, USA), Young Choi (Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, USA)
. Energy Management System Using Wireless Sensor Network
Ekata Mehul (eInfochips Pvt. Ltd., India), Rahul Shah (eInfochips Pvt. Ltd., India)
Exploratory Analysis of Fossil-Fuel CO2 Emissions Time Series Using Independent Component Analysis
Sargam Parmar (Ganpat University, India), Bhuvan Unhelkar (University of Western Sydney & MethodScience, Australia)
. Green Semicondoctor Design Techniques and Challanges
Somesh Rajain (eInfochips Pvt. Ltd., India), Chetan Shingala (Sibridge Technologies Ltd, India), Ekata Mehul (eInfochips Pvt. Ltd., India)
. Carbon Emissions Management Software (CEMS): A New Global Industry
Graeme Philipson (Connection Research, Australia), Pete Foster (Springboard Research, Australia), John Brand (The Green IT Review, Australia)
. Architecture, Design and Development of a Green ICT System
Kinjal Ramaiya (Symbiosis Centre for Information Technology, India), Vivek Shrinivasan (University of St. Andrews, UK), Siddhartha Bhargava (University of St. Andrews, UK)
Green ICT System Architecture Frameworks (pages 446-458)
Dave Curtis (MethodScience, Australia), Amit Lingarchani (MethodScience, Australia)
. Using Carbons Emissions Management Solutions in Practice
Vu Long Tran (Springboard Research, Australia)
. Green Health: The Green IT Implications for Healthcare & Related Businesses
Nina Godbole (IBM India Pvt. Ltd., India)
. E-Waste Management: Challenges and Issues
Nina Godbole (IBM India Pvt. Ltd, India)
Smart Software Applications for a Low Carbon Economy
Aditya Bates (m-Objects Pty Ltd, Australia)
. Low Power Techniques for Greener Hardware
Kaushal Buch (Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT), National Centre for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA), Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, India), Rahul Dubey (Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, India), Saket Buch (Indian Space Research Organization, India)
. Integrating Green ICT in a Supply Chain Management System
Bhuvan Unhelkar (University of Western Sydney & MethodScience, Australia), Yi-Chen Lan (University of Western Sydney, Australia)
. Application of a Composite Process Framework for Managing Green ICT Applications Development
Mohammed Maharmeh (University of Western Sydney, Australia), Zahra Saeed (University of Technology Sydney, Australia)
Green ICT and Architectural Frameworks (pages 546-558)
Amit Goel (RMIT University, Australia), Amit Tiwary (Utility Industry, Australia), Heinz Schmidt (RMIT University, Australia)
Supply Chain Optimization Audit (SCOA) for Green ICT Opportunities
Saugato Mukerji (University of Wollongong, Australia), Aditya K. Ghose (University of Wollongong, Australia)
Understanding the Context of Green ICT
Deepa Gheewala (Misys Software Solutions, UK), Vivek Gheewala (UST Global, USA)
Standards and Legislation for the Carbon Economy
Alok Pradhan (Macquire University, Australia)
Balancing Green ICT Business Development with Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) (pages 607-620)
Marco Garito (Viale Fulvio Testi, Italy)
. CAMCE: A Framework for Climate Adaptation and Mitigation (pages 621-629)
Alessia D’Andrea (IRPPS-CNR, Italy), Fernando Ferri (IRPPS-CNR, Italy), Patrizia Grifoni (IRPPS-CNR, Italy)
. Decision Criteria for Green Management Information Systems (pages 630-642)
Tagelsir Mohamed Gasmelseid (King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia)
. Adopting Green ICT in Business
Subramanian Chitra (Independent Scholar)