Sustainability: Are We All Talking About the Same Thing State-of-the-Art and Proposals for an Integrative Definition of Sustainability in Information Systems

Chasin, Friedrich

doi:10.2991/ict4s-14.2014.42

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“…With regard to the Information Systems (IS) domain it is argued that sustainability appears to be marginal in comparison to other disciplines, and the main focus of IS research on sustainability over the last few years was on providing some initial solutions to environmental problems (Chasin, 2014;Melville, 2010;Watson, Boudreau, & Chen, 2010). As the body of research on sustainability in Information Systems grows, the exact meaning of sustainability is increasingly becoming opaque and a source of uncertainty, due to the lack of "an integrative definition of the sustainability concept" (Chasin, 2014, p. 342).…”

Section: Ict Support For Sustainabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…As the body of research on sustainability in Information Systems grows, the exact meaning of sustainability is increasingly becoming opaque and a source of uncertainty, due to the lack of "an integrative definition of the sustainability concept" (Chasin, 2014, p. 342). For Chasin (2014), who has reviewed articles on sustainability in the domain of Information Systems, the majority of them "fail to provide explicit definitions of sustainability and focus on ecological challenges, therefore neglecting the social and economic dimensions of sustainability" p.358).…”

Section: Ict Support For Sustainabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Challenges of Implementing e-Health Technology for Sustainability in Brazil

Filho¹

2019

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In the field of health, the concept of sustainability is not new, but it tends to focus more on environmental health policy. There is an urgent need to assimilate the contribution of social theory into the concept and practice of both sustainability and e-health. The concept of sustainability is very complex, involving environmental, economic and social issues. In addition, in most health sustainability studies, the issue of social sustainability is neglected, despite the fact that social issues are often at the crux of sustainability. E-health is essential for the sustainability of health care, but many e-health projects have failed. Investments in e-health are very high in the whole world, but no explicit research has examined its sustainability. The aim of this paper is to initiate a discussion about sustainability in the implementation and use of e-health in Brazil, with the hope that this will provide a foundation for holistic sustainable e-health systems.

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Section: Ict Support For Sustainabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Ict Support For Sustainabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

The Challenges of Implementing e-Health Technology for Sustainability in Brazil

Filho¹

2019

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“…In [7], the term sustainability is used for analyzing ecological, economical and social dimensions (of ICT), without compromising the ability of future stakeholders to meet their needs. Our research fits the area of green software, a niche of sustainability where the software is the object of optimization [20], and is mainly focused on the ecological aspect.…”

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“…From an organizational perspective such an approach emphasizes the role that green software can play in reaching sustainability goals. On this level, green software has the potential to reduce the operational costs related to a software product, enabling sustainability on the economical dimension [7].…”

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Extending software architecture views with an energy consumption perspective

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The rising energy consumption of the ICT industry has triggered a quest for more sustainable, i.e. energy efficient, ICT solutions. Software plays an essential role in finding these solutions, as software is identified as the true consumer of power. However, in this context, software is often treated as a single, complex entity instead of the interrelated elements that it actually consists of. Although useful results can be gained, this approach fails to provide detailed insight in the elements that invoke specific energy consumption behavior. As a result, software vendors are not able to address energy consumption on software level. In this paper, we propose an energy consumption perspective on software architecture as a means to provide this insight and enable analysis on the architectural elements that are the actual drivers behind the energy consumption. In support of this perspective, we also position sustainability as a potential quality attribute thereby provide a means to quantify energy consumption aspects related to software. In a case study using a commercial software product the perspective and quality attribute are applied, demonstrating the potential by achieving an energy consumption saving of 67.1 %.

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“…The term sustainability in the ICT domain is aimed at controlling ecological, economical and social dimensions (of ICT) to the extent that future stakeholders are not compromised in the ability to meet their needs [11]. Sustainable ICT, also coined 'Green IT' [1], helps to improve energy efficiency, lower greenhouse gas emissions and promotes reuse and recycling.…”

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confidence: 99%

A Resource Utilization Score for Software Energy Consumption

Jagroep¹,

Werf²,

Broekman³

et al. 2016

Proceedings of ICT for Sustainability 2016

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Abstract-Software as the true consumer of power and its potential contribution to reach sustainability goals is increasingly being acknowledged. Studies so far have presented successful results and methods to address the energy consumption of the software, indicating that different stakeholders striving for green software have different information needs with respect to their goals. However, currently there is no uniform manner to communicate measurements to the different stakeholders such that key findings are clearly identifiable and easy to understand, which is likely to hamper green software practices. In this paper we propose a metric that expresses a score for the resource utilization, such as power consumption, of a software product. The metric is designed to be a single score and is flexible to encompass those aspects that a stakeholder considers relevant in the context of software energy consumption. The metric was applied on two applications and allowed for objective comparison of application configurations and versions. Also the behavior of these applications across different hardware configurations could be analyzed. In addition to the metric we investigate means to visualize measurements which enhances communication and helped with highlighting the key findings.

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Sustainability: Are We All Talking About the Same Thing State-of-the-Art and Proposals for an Integrative Definition of Sustainability in Information Systems

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Cited by 13 publications

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The Challenges of Implementing e-Health Technology for Sustainability in Brazil

The Challenges of Implementing e-Health Technology for Sustainability in Brazil

Extending software architecture views with an energy consumption perspective

A Resource Utilization Score for Software Energy Consumption

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