The Public Administration (PA) in Portugal is impacted by the constant acceleration and evolution of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), where the Portuguese State, transposing European Union directives, has legislated and encouraged their use as instruments of added value for the PA. Establishing rigorous and sustainable governance is crucial, ensuring that the organization’s strategic objectives are aligned with ICT and, preferably, with Green IT practices. In this context, it is necessary to be able to estimate and subsequently evaluate the impact of strategic and operational choices on improving environmental quality. For such, this article presents a framework developed to optimize ICT management practices and indicators that, in this environmental area, support the forecasting and assessment of the impact of the choices made in the search for technologically advanced solutions in the Barreiro municipality. These choices enable, among other things, a reduction in energy consumption, implying a reduction in financial costs, resulting in environmental benefits, such as a reduction in CO₂ emissions into the atmosphere or less deforestation. The results presented, obtained in a real-world context, make it possible to assess the progress of alignment with Green IT in this area, as well as the overall result.

This work is prompted by the massive use of Information and Communication Technologies, the need for alignment with the business, the concern for integrated management and the need to protect natural resources and the environment. This article aims to present a framework, multidimensional and multidisciplinary, from the perspective of sustainability, in the treatment of Green IT, involving environmental issues and social responsibility, Governance of Information Technologies and Financial Management, in the context of Public Administration, more specifically in local administration. The methodology used is based on the literature review, in the field of thematic, and on a case study in development in local government, in order to analyze the feasibility and suitability with the validation of the framework. The main results obtained in the case study focus on the use of technology allied to Green IT, with theoretical reflexes for environmental quality and with possible cost reduction.

The rapid evolution of information and communication technologies (ICT) has led to changes in business processes, namely in public services or in local administration. Currently, customer expectations are focused on an incremental modernization that may imply greater mobility, cost reduction, and response times. This chapter describes a multidisciplinary and integrative approach considering the specificity of the Portuguese local administration. The proposed approach assumes of continuous improvement within the scope of integrated and sustained governance, which is based on the alignment of ICT with business. Thus, it is recommended that the contributions of the approach are the optimization of practices established in the domains of sustainability, human capital, increased productivity, optimization of information security practices, and improvement of environmental quality, promoting alignment with Green IT.

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The intensive use and growing dependence on Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) has driven the increase in energy consumption and the intensification of the inherent environmental impacts, evidenced by the exploitation of fossil resources, the increase in the environmental footprint, and the weakening of social responsibility practices. Given this scenario, it is particularly important to rethink the role of ICT in the context of organizational sustainability. This communication demonstrates how the adoption of Green IT practices included in the Framework for Support and Control of Local IT Infrastructures (FACIIL*) contributes to the fulfilment of organizational sustainability goals in the promotion of the development of organizations, based on four structuring dimensions: technological, financial, environmental, and social. The results contribute to the understanding of the reduction of energy consumption and expenses, the sustainable management of the life cycle of equipment, and the promotion of an organizational culture with associated economic gains.