International Journal of Application or Innovation in Engineering & Management (IJAIEM) Web Site: www.ijaiem.org Email: editor@ijaiem.org, editorijaiem@gmail.com Volume 2, Issue 1, January 2013 ISSN 2319 - 4847 Volume 2, Issue 1, January 2013 Page 93 ABSTRACT There has been growing concerns about the rising costs of doing business and environmental degradation world over. Green ICT has been proposed to provide solutions to the two issues yet it is not being implemented fully in developing nations like Kenya despite the availability of the technologies of doing it. The study investigated pervasiveness of green ICT awareness amongst the ICT personnel, how they perceive it to be relevant to their organisations and the drivers towards implementation of the same. The study surveyed ICT personnel in four cases using a questionnaire on a seven scale likert scale. The study established that awareness level of green ICT in Kenya is low when compared with developed nations. It also established the green ICT drivers and how ICT personnel perceived it to be relevant to their organisations. The study recommends the raising of green ICT awareness levels through aligning the ICT personnel’s capacities. Key words: Green ICT, green ICT awareness, green ICT drivers, relevance of green ICT, Kenya 1. INTRODUCTION Information and communication technology (ICT) is permeating all sectors of the economy and everywhere in the world. This has led to increased uptake of ICT technologies ([1]) that has brought forth challenges to the ICT personnel managing them. This has been complicated with the high rate at which the technologies are changing more so for developing nations like Kenya. ICT professionals are expected to play significant roles in bringing Green ICT to organizations, provided they are prepared, have developed or developing necessary capabilities to lead and support sustainability initiatives ([2]). Such prepared personnel would always be aware of what it is, and how it is to be implemented to achieve its objective. Use of information and communication technologies promises a lot of gains to business settings however it is not without its side effects especially, the environmental impact. ICT has both positive and negative impact in its use and production. It can also be used to realise reduction of emission of green house gases that have strong negative impact on the climate in the business chain system. In order for ICT to be applied to minimise its negative impact and maximize its positive impact in manner that ensure achievement of sustainable resource utilization, the ICT personnel have to be aware of and how to employ ICT sustainably. To achieve sustainability green ICT has emerged to be used in reducing the direct environmental impact of designing, manufacturing, using and disposing of computer, servers and associated sub-systems ([3]). This study sought to understand how Kenya ICT personnel perceived relevance of green ICT to their organisation and the pervasiveness of awareness of the same. The study also sought to find out what the personnel thought were the likely drivers of green ICT uptake by their organisation. This would help to understand how the ICT personnel capacity is prepared for implementation of green ICT. It would inform policy makers in the development of the policy based on the level of awareness of the personnel on green ICT. 2. GREEN ICT The rising costs of doing business in an ICT environment and stronger international commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) and achieve other environmental goals is bound to create pressure to find ways of achieving greater efficient use of energy and other resources while sustaining economic growth ([4]). Green ICT has been used to have the ability to attain the sustainability. It has been known with different names amongst different people and places hence leading to a lack of standard agreed upon definition. Some perceive it to be green IT while other called green computing and still others refer to it as green information systems ([1]). It's important for people to understand what Green ICT is, for businesses to engage with it, and for our decision makers to be aware of its consequences and potential in helping us get to a sustainable world ([5]). Unfortunately there is disparity in the level of green ICT Pervasiveness of green ICT awareness amongst Kenyan ICT personnel Mr. Franklin Wabwoba 1 , Dr. Gregory W. Wanyembi 2 , Dr. Stanley Omuterema 3 , and Mr. Stephen Makau Mutua 4 1 Department of Information Technology, Kibabii University College, Kenya 2, 3, 4 Department of Computer Science, Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, Kenya