Friday, February 1, 2013

Australia loses ICT Sustainability Index 2011

Australia has been one of the four countries surveyed in 2010, with ICT Sustainability Index of 53.9. Its marginal decline 2011 year indicates that ITSx in Australia has lost momentum. There is significant decline in End User, from 62.3 to 51.8, indicating that many Australian ICT users may be suffering from “green fatigue” or initiatives have failed to become institutionalized. This is further supported by Australia’s very low visibility of the ICT power bill. Less than 1 per cent of ICT departments are responsible for ICT’s power consumption. Read more

In our context, Australia is considered as one of the four members of the freshly designed Green ABCR Group, or BRACARUS. Read more