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An important trend in today’s economy is to reduce the carbon footprint of organizations, businesses and households. Modern technologies, including ICT solutions, contribute to the reduction of CO2 production. The article focuses on the potential of using the cloud computing model in managing a modern and intelligent city.

Subject Area: 1. Natural sciences, 2. Engineering and technology – Computer and information sciences

Education Level: Higher education

Education Use: Professional development

Language: EN

Publisher/Institution: MDPI

License type: Creative Commons-Attribution (CC BY)

Primary User: Teacher

Learning resource type (IEEE LOM): Narrative Text (theory)

Technical type (IEEE LOM): Text – Document

Time to read: 250min

Learning outcomes:

• Have a general understanding of Carbon Footprint
• Have a general understanding of Energy Efficiency
• Create a list of equipment to be checked
• Acquire data relating to the consumption of the equipment present
• Replace the real data with reference averages if they are not detectable
• Create a list of services to be checked
• Evaluate the ability of management to make green purchases
• Analyze the data
• Develop an energy efficiency improvement plan

DigComp competence area: 1. Information and data literacy – 1.3 Managing data, information and digital content

DigComp proficiency level: 4.Tasks, and well defined and non-routine problems

Link: https://doi.org/10.3390/en14196389

Key words: carbon footprint, cloud computing, Energy efficiency, Internet of Things, Smart city