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ICT Innovations for Sustainability [electronic resource] / edited by Lorenz M. Hilty, Bernard Aebischer.

Contributor(s): Hilty, Lorenz M [editor.] | Aebischer, Bernard [editor.] | SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing: 310Publisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015Description: XIII, 474 p. 119 illus., 26 illus. in color. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783319092287.Subject(s): Engineering | Energy efficiency | Computational intelligence | Sustainable development | Engineering | Computational Intelligence | Sustainable Development | Energy Efficiency (incl. Buildings)Additional physical formats: Printed edition:: No titleDDC classification: 006.3 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
Introduction -- The Energy Cost of Information Processing -- The Material Cost of Information Processing -- Saving Energy and Materials through ICT-Enabled Solutions -- Models of Sustainability in the Information Society.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: ICT Innovations for Sustainability is an investigation of how information and communication technology can contribute to sustainable development. It presents clear definitions of sustainability, suggesting conceptual frameworks for the positive and negative effects of ICT on sustainable development. It reviews methods of assessing the direct and indirect impact of ICT systems on energy and materials demand, and examines the results of such assessments. In addition, it investigates ICT-based approaches to supporting sustainable patterns of production and consumption, analyzing them at various levels of abstraction - from end-user devices, Internet infrastructure, user behavior, and social practices to macro-economic indicators.   Combining approaches from Computer Science, Information Systems, Human-Computer Interaction, Economics, and Environmental Sciences, the book presents a new, holistic perspective on ICT for Sustainability (ICT4S). It is an indispensable resource for anyone working in the area of ICT for Energy Efficiency, Life Cycle Assessment of ICT, Green IT, Green Information Systems, Environmental Informatics, Energy Informatics, Sustainable HCI, or Computational Sustainability.
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Introduction -- The Energy Cost of Information Processing -- The Material Cost of Information Processing -- Saving Energy and Materials through ICT-Enabled Solutions -- Models of Sustainability in the Information Society.

ICT Innovations for Sustainability is an investigation of how information and communication technology can contribute to sustainable development. It presents clear definitions of sustainability, suggesting conceptual frameworks for the positive and negative effects of ICT on sustainable development. It reviews methods of assessing the direct and indirect impact of ICT systems on energy and materials demand, and examines the results of such assessments. In addition, it investigates ICT-based approaches to supporting sustainable patterns of production and consumption, analyzing them at various levels of abstraction - from end-user devices, Internet infrastructure, user behavior, and social practices to macro-economic indicators.   Combining approaches from Computer Science, Information Systems, Human-Computer Interaction, Economics, and Environmental Sciences, the book presents a new, holistic perspective on ICT for Sustainability (ICT4S). It is an indispensable resource for anyone working in the area of ICT for Energy Efficiency, Life Cycle Assessment of ICT, Green IT, Green Information Systems, Environmental Informatics, Energy Informatics, Sustainable HCI, or Computational Sustainability.

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