Awareness of Green IT and its value model

This paper identifies a variety of components that influence the ways organizations assess the value of Green IT. A Green IT value model is proposed in this paper to depict the relationship among those components and their impacts over Green IT. This value model provides a framework for the IT industry to pursue the goal of environmental sustainability.

► A Green IT value model is proposed to depict the relationship among model's components and their impacts over green IT.
► Green IT value model contains four components: awareness, translation, comprehension, and Green IT value.
► This model provides a framework for the IT industry to pursue the goal of environmental sustainability.