Sustainable Cloud and Energy Services Principles and Practice /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Rivera, Wilson (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Electrical engineering.; Application software.; Renewable energy resources.; Communications Engineering, Networks.; Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet).; Renewable and Green Energy.

This is the first book entirely devoted to providing a perspective on the state-of-the-art of cloud computing and energy services and the impact on designing sustainable systems. Cloud computing services provide an efficient approach for connecting infrastructures and can support sustainability in d...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1.Cloud Computing for Internet of Things: Architecture, Issues and Challenges in integration
• Chapter 2.A self-governing and decentralized network of smart objects to share electrical power autonomously
• Chapter 3.Implementing Energy Service Automation using Cloud Technologies and Public Communications Networks
• Chapter 4.Privacy-Preserving Smart Grid Tariff Decisions with Block-Chain-Based Smart Contracts
• Chapter 5.Energy Cloud: Services for Smart Buildings
• Chapter 6.Virtual Machine Consolidation Algorithms for Energy-Efficient Dynamic Cloud Resource Management: A Review
• Chapter 7.Energy Saving in Cloud by using Enhanced Instance Based Learning (EIBL) for Resource Prediction
• Chapter 8.Short-Term Prediction Model to Maximize Renewable Energy Usage in Cloud Data Centers
• Chapter 9.Optimal Sizing of a Micro-Hydrokinetic Pumped-Hydro-Storage Hybrid System for Different Demand Sectors
• Chapter 10.Impact of different South African demand sectors on grid-connected PV systems' optimal energy dispatch under Time of Use Tariff.