Evaluation of awareness and adoption of green computing in the banking sector of Kaduna State, Nigeria

Abstract

Green computing is a new Information Technology (IT) innovation aimed at protecting the environment and health while utilising computing devices. Related works reviewed in this study exposed that there is insufficient information on green computing among computer users. This study determines the level of awareness and implementation of green computing practices in the banking industry in Kaduna state, Nigeria. Four research questions and four null hypotheses were constructed to guide the study. Quantitative research methodology was used in this study. The population of the study; which is 361 was chosen using purposive sampling and simple random sampling was used to select the sample of 186 bankers. Data were collected from the respondents using a closed-ended questionnaire. The two research questions formed were answered using mean and standard deviation based on the decision mean of 2.50 and the null hypotheses were tested with the One Sample t-test statistics at 0.05 alpha level of significance. The findings of this study revealed that awareness and implementation levels of bankers on green computing practices are appreciably high with cumulative means of 2.77 and 3.13 respectively. Also, the levels of awareness and implementation are both significant as all the null hypotheses were rejected with p values less than 0.05. Therefore, it is concluded that the banking industry in Kaduna state makes a lot of contributions in promoting a greener environment that is eco-friendly, sustainable and responsible through effective implementation of green computing practices.