Danish
Green IT
The Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation action plan for green IT focuses on a number of central areas. Research, consultancy and campaigns are to contribute to promoting green IT.
IT is responsible for two percent of the world's total emission of CO2. At the same time, IT contains the key to reducing the remaining 98 percent of CO2 emissions. In other words, IT is not only a part of the problem, but also very much a part of the solution to the climate challenge. Therefore, the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation has drawn up an Action Plan for Green IT.
Denmark has repeatedly been chosen as the world's leading IT nation, and the Danish IT infrastructure is world class. Therefore, Denmark is well suited to take the lead in the battle against climate change – also in the field of IT. The Action Plan from the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation aims to make it easier for citizens, businesses and public authorities to choose energy-efficient IT solutions. At the same time, the Action Plan sets out to promote the development of IT-based solutions that can help to reduce overall energy consumption.
The Action Plan for Green IT from the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation pursues two main objectives:
1. Citizens, businesses and public authorities’ use of IT should be greener
The public must grow better at using IT in an environmentally friendly way, and it should be made easier for the public to choose energy-efficient IT products. Corporate IT use must become greener and Green IT must be incorporated into corporate social responsibility, along with other environmental issues. Finally, the public authorities need to grow better at saving power and choosing energy-efficient IT solutions.
2. IT should help bring about a reduction in overall energy consumption
Smart IT solutions can, in many instances, help to reduce energy consumption and thus CO2 emissions. For example, intelligent management of electrical devices in businesses and in private homes can ensure that energy consuming equipment is not switched on when not in use. Furthermore, the use of electronic mail and eGovernment by public authorities can save both paper and transportation. Therefore, new research must be initiated to refine existing IT-based solutions and to develop completely new IT-based solutions for a sustainable future.
Read more about the individual initiatives
Read the Green IT Guidelines (PDF)
Green IT in your company
The National IT and Telecom Agency has published a fact-file on Green IT for companies.
The fact-file contains good advice and recommendations aimed at helping companies make their use of IT greener and explaining how IT can be applied intelligently to reducing energy consumption and CO2 emissions in other areas.
Read the fact-file: "Green IT in your company"
