ICT innovations for sustainability

Author(s)
    • Hilty, Lorenz M.
    • Aebischer, Bernard
Bibliographic Information

ICT innovations for sustainability

Lorenz M. Hilty, Bernard Aebischer, editors

(Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, v. 310)

Springer , [Amazon], c2015

  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references

Reprint. Originally published: Cham : Springer, c2015

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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.

Table of 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.

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Details
  • NCID
    BC09800693
  • ISBN
    • 9783319092270
  • Country Code
    sz
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Cham,[Japan]
  • Pages/Volumes
    xiii, 474 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
  • Parent Bibliography ID
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