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Green computing, green IT, or information and communication technology sustainability, is the study and practice of environmentally sustainable computing or IT.

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1992 1
Core Concern
Studying and practicing environmentally sustainable design, use and disposal of computing systems and IT. 1
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Cloud computing is named in the article's own Approaches section as a green-computing strategy.

Source Green Computing (Wikipedia)
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1. Green Computing (Wikipedia)
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  • Lead paragraph, first sentence
    Green computing, green IT (information technology), or Information and Communication Technology Sustainability, is the study and practice of environmentally sustainable computing or IT.
  • Lead section, sentence 2
    In 1992, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency launched Energy Star, a voluntary labeling program that is designed to promote and recognize the energy efficiency in monitors, climate control equipment, and other technologies.
  • Associated With: Cloud Computing, Approaches / Cloud computing subsection
    Cloud computing may help to address two major ICT challenges related to green computing - energy usage and embodied carbon.
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