Green computing knowledge among students in a Ugandan university

Humans, including students, are partly responsible for rising levels of global warming through unsustainable computing practices. It is imperative that students participate in the global drive to reduce global warming through activities like green computing which advocates for sustainable use of com...

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Main Authors: Semakula, Isa, Samsuri, Suhaila
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
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Published: The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. 2016
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spelling iium-546402017-03-10T01:52:17Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/54640/ Green computing knowledge among students in a Ugandan university Semakula, Isa Samsuri, Suhaila T10.5 Communication of technical information Humans, including students, are partly responsible for rising levels of global warming through unsustainable computing practices. It is imperative that students participate in the global drive to reduce global warming through activities like green computing which advocates for sustainable use of computing resources to reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions. The study was conducted to establish green computing awareness levels of students from Islamic University in Uganda (IUIU) and also determine if such levels were influenced by computer experience. Results from a purposive sample of 452 students indicated that students’ levels of green computing awareness were low, and computer experience influenced two of the three dimensions of perceived knowledge of green computing The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. 2016 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/54640/1/54640_Green%20computing%20knowledge.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/54640/2/54640_Green%20computing%20knowledge_SCOPUS.pdf Semakula, Isa and Samsuri, Suhaila (2016) Green computing knowledge among students in a Ugandan university. In: 6th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology for the Muslim World (ICT4M 2016), 22nd-24th November 2016, Jakarta, Indonesia. http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7814902/ 10.1109/ICT4M.2016.049
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Semakula, Isa
Samsuri, Suhaila
Green computing knowledge among students in a Ugandan university
description Humans, including students, are partly responsible for rising levels of global warming through unsustainable computing practices. It is imperative that students participate in the global drive to reduce global warming through activities like green computing which advocates for sustainable use of computing resources to reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions. The study was conducted to establish green computing awareness levels of students from Islamic University in Uganda (IUIU) and also determine if such levels were influenced by computer experience. Results from a purposive sample of 452 students indicated that students’ levels of green computing awareness were low, and computer experience influenced two of the three dimensions of perceived knowledge of green computing
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Semakula, Isa
Samsuri, Suhaila
author_facet Semakula, Isa
Samsuri, Suhaila
author_sort Semakula, Isa
title Green computing knowledge among students in a Ugandan university
title_short Green computing knowledge among students in a Ugandan university
title_full Green computing knowledge among students in a Ugandan university
title_fullStr Green computing knowledge among students in a Ugandan university
title_full_unstemmed Green computing knowledge among students in a Ugandan university
title_sort green computing knowledge among students in a ugandan university
publisher The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
publishDate 2016
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/54640/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/54640/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/54640/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/54640/1/54640_Green%20computing%20knowledge.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/54640/2/54640_Green%20computing%20knowledge_SCOPUS.pdf
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