ICT Innovations for Sustainability

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Hilty, Lorenz M. (Editor), Aebischer, Bernard (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, 310
• Subjects: Engineering.; Energy efficiency.; Computational intelligence.; Sustainable development.; Computational Intelligence.; Sustainable Development.; Energy Efficiency (incl. Buildings).

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....

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.