Green IT and Sustainability

2026 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report | Teaching and Learning Edition

Tue, 12 May 2026 18:19:08 Z

The 2026 EDUCAUSE Teaching and Learning Horizon Report highlights how artificial intelligence, enrollment pressures, policy shifts, and sustainability concerns are reshaping instructional practice and institutional strategy.

2025 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report | Teaching and Learning Edition

Wed, 30 Apr 2025 16:49:40 Z

The 2025 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report profiles key trends and emerging technologies and practices shaping the future of teaching and learning, and envisions a number of scenarios and implications for that future.

Meeting the Climate: Emergency University Information Infrastructure for Researching Wicked Problems

Fri, 14 Mar 2025 14:48:17 Z

This report examines the role of research universities in addressing complex societal challenges. It focuses on climate change, which is best characterized as a “wicked” problem.

2023 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report | Teaching and Learning Edition

Mon, 04 Apr 2022 17:07:50 Z

The 2023 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report profiles key trends and emerging technologies and practices shaping the future of teaching and learning, and envisions a number of scenarios and implications for that future.

2022 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report | Data and Analytics Edition

Thu, 23 Jun 2022 14:23:31 Z

The 2022 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report profiles the trends and key technologies and practices shaping the future of data and analytics, and envisions a number of scenarios and implications for that future.

2022 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report | Teaching and Learning Edition

Mon, 04 Apr 2022 17:07:50 Z

The 2022 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report profiles key trends and emerging technologies and practices shaping the future of teaching and learning, and envisions a number of scenarios and implications for that future.

Information Technology Services in Community Colleges: Strengths, Opportunities, and Challenges

Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:33:03 Z

This report is the product of a secondary analysis of the EDUCAUSE 2011 Core Data Service survey and the 2011 ECAR National Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology.

Chapter 12: Athabasca University: Canadaâ€™s Open University

Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:31:55 Z

A chapter from Game Changers

Good Citizen or Leader: The Case for Green IT

Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:25:04 Z

This ECAR research bulletin builds on Powering Down: Green IT in Higher Education, the 2010 ECAR study of green IT.

BCNET: Collaboratively Building a Multi-Institutional Shared Green Data Center

Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:24:45 Z

This ECAR case study examines the work of BCNET, a Canadian not-for-profit organization that builds high-performance networks for British Columbia's research and education institutions.

Powering Down: Green IT in Higher Educationâ€”Key Findings

Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:26:26 Z

This document presents the key findings from Powering Down: Green IT in Higher Education, the 2010 ECAR study of green IT.

Powering Down: Green IT in Higher Educationâ€”Roadmap

Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:26:26 Z

This ECAR roadmap synthesizes the important issues and recommended actions drawn from the study Powering Down: Green IT in Higher Education Roadmap, by Mark C.

Powering Down: Green IT in Higher Education

Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:26:25 Z

This 2010 ECAR study of green IT examines the stance institutions and their central IT organizations are taking on environmental sustainability (ES), the progress they are making on a variety of key initiatives, and how the work they are doing is helping them become more environmentally responsible in their business, instructional, and research activities.

7 Things You Should Know About Green IT

Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:24:12 Z

A broad consciousness has developed about environmental sustainability, and IT is not only is responsible for an appreciable portion of emissions but is also in a position to facilitate reductions in the environmental impacts of non-IT areas.

Cyberinfrastructure Software Sustainability and Reusability: Preliminary report from an NSF-funded workshop held 27 & 28 March 2009

Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:24:55 Z

The National Science Foundationâ€™s strategy for 21st century innovation depends on rapid creation ofsoftware to enable scientific discovery.

A Systemic Model for IT Economic Sustainability

Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:24:41 Z

This ECAR research bulletin explores the options available to IT leaders in higher education to reduce costs associated with technology expenditures at their institutions.

7 Things You Should Know About Virtualization

Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:19:45 Z

Virtualization is an approach by which several applicationsâ€”sometimes running on different operating systemsâ€”run on the same piece of hardware, creating multiple â€œvirtualâ€ servers from a single machine.

Getting Serious About Sustainable IT: Metrics, Tools, and Solutions

Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:20:59 Z

This ECAR This research bulletin provides a review of current tools and metrics for assessing IT sustainability and green initiatives.

AASHE Digest 2008: A Review of Campus Sustainability News

Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:19:47 Z

"The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education has released the latest AASHE Digest, a 356-page report that compiles campus news on sustainability in 2008.

Green IT Survey

Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:21:01 Z

This May 2009 survey is a critical component of the EDUCAUSE Center on Applied Research (ECAR) study of how higher education information technology (IT) organizations are participating in institutional efforts toward environmental responsibility, both as a consumer of resources and as an enabler of solutions.