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Hilty, Lorenz M.

 
9783837019704: Information Technology and Sustainability: Essays on the Relationship between Information Technology and Sustainable Development
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ISBN 10 : 3837019705 ISBN 13 : 9783837019704
Editeur : Books on Demand, 2008

Synopsis

Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) are contributing both to environmental problems and to their solution. Will ICT producers, users and recyclers be the major polluters of tomorrow, or will 'Green IT' and a dematerialized information society save the climate? This book provides an in-depth analysis of the relationship between ICT and sustainable development, culminating in 15 recommendations - to producers, users and political decision makers - which show the way to a sustainable information society. Keywords: Information Technology, Environment, Sustainable Development, Environmental Informatics, Green IT, Green Computing, Data Centers, Energy Efficiency, Resource Productivity, Dematerialization, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), E-waste, Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE), Recycling, Technological Complexity, Critical Information Infrastructure, Open Standards, Rebound Effect.

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À propos de l'auteur

Dr. Lorenz M. Hilty, born 1959 in St.Gallen, Switzerland, is Head of the Technology and Society Lab at Empa, the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research, and teaches 'Computers and Society' at the University of Zurich. Ecological and social aspects of ICT have been the focus of his research for two decades. He is the author of more than 100 scientific publications publications in the field, see http://www.empa.ch/hilty/.

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Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) are contributing both to environmental problems and to their solution. Will ICT producers, users and recyclers be the major polluters of tomorrow, or will 'Green IT' and a dematerialized information society save the climate? This book provides an in-depth analysis of the relationship between ICT and sustainable development, culminating in 15 recommendations ¿ to producers, users and political decision makers ¿ which show the way to a sustainable information society. Keywords: Information Technology, Environment, Sustainable Development, Environmental Informatics, Green IT, Green Computing, Data Centers, Energy Efficiency, Resource Productivity, Dematerialization, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), E-waste, Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE), Recycling, Technological Complexity, Critical Information Infrastructure, Open Standards, Rebound Effect.

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Éditeur
Books on Demand
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3837019705
ISBN 13 
9783837019704
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
180
Coordonnées du fabricant
Books on Demand GmbH
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