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ICT Innovations for Sustainability

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  • © 2015

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Editors:
  1. Lorenz M. Hilty

    1. Department of Informatics, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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  2. Bernard Aebischer

    1. Zurich, Switzerland

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  • Recent research on ICT for Sustainability
  • Results of the ICT4S conference held February 14-16, 2013 in ETH Zurich, Switzerland
  • Written by leading experts in the field
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing (AISC, volume 310)

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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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Table of contents (27 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. ICT for Sustainability: An Emerging Research Field

      • Lorenz M. Hilty, Bernard Aebischer
      Pages 3-36

    3. The Energy Efficiency Benefits and the Economic Imperative of ICT-Enabled Systems

      • John A. Skip Laitner
      Pages 37-48

    4. Actors for Innovation in Green IT

      • Christina Herzog, Laurent Lefèvre, Jean-Marc Pierson
      Pages 49-67

  3. The Energy Cost of Information Processing

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 69-69
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    2. The Energy Demand of ICT: A Historical Perspective and Current Methodological Challenges

      • Bernard Aebischer, Lorenz M. Hilty
      Pages 71-103

    3. Semiconductor Technology and the Energy Efficiency of ICT

      • Hubert Kaeslin
      Pages 105-111

    4. The Energy Demand of Data Centers

      • Gunnar Schomaker, Stefan Janacek, Daniel Schlitt
      Pages 113-124

    5. Consolidation, Colocation, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing: The Impact of the Changing Structure of Data Centers on Total Electricity Demand

      • Ralph Hintemann
      Pages 125-136

    6. The Energy Intensity of the Internet: Home and Access Networks

      • Vlad C. Coroama, Daniel Schien, Chris Preist, Lorenz M. Hilty
      Pages 137-155

    7. The Energy Intensity of the Internet: Edge and Core Networks

      • Daniel Schien, Vlad C. Coroama, Lorenz M. Hilty, Chris Preist
      Pages 157-170

    8. Grey Energy and Environmental Impacts of ICT Hardware

      • Roland Hischier, Vlad C. Coroama, Daniel Schien, Mohammad Ahmadi Achachlouei
      Pages 171-189

    9. Sustainable Software Engineering: Process and Quality Models, Life Cycle, and Social Aspects

      • Stefan Naumann, Eva Kern, Markus Dick, Timo Johann
      Pages 191-205

  4. The Material Cost of Information Processing

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 207-207
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    2. The Material Basis of ICT

      • Patrick A. Wäger, Roland Hischier, Rolf Widmer
      Pages 209-221

    3. Recycling of ICT Equipment in Industrialized and Developing Countries

      • Heinz Böni, Mathias Schluep, Rolf Widmer
      Pages 223-241

    4. The Transition from Desktop Computers to Tablets: A Model for Increasing Resource Efficiency?

      • Roland Hischier, Patrick A. Wäger
      Pages 243-256

    5. Addressing the Obsolescence of End-User Devices: Approaches from the Field of Sustainable HCI

      • Christian Remy, Elaine M. Huang
      Pages 257-267

  5. Saving Energy and Materials Through ICT-Enabled Solutions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 269-269
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Informatics, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

    Lorenz M. Hilty

  • Zurich, Switzerland

    Bernard Aebischer

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: ICT Innovations for Sustainability

  • Editors: Lorenz M. Hilty, Bernard Aebischer

  • Series Title: Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09228-7

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-09227-0Published: 20 August 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-09228-7Published: 06 August 2014

  • Series ISSN: 2194-5357

  • Series E-ISSN: 2194-5365

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 474

  • Number of Illustrations: 93 b/w illustrations, 26 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Computational Intelligence, Sustainable Development, Energy Efficiency

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