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5 Series: Sustainable Energy Developments 5 This book provides the connection between the growing body of literature on sustainability and the topics of energy and ICT. It aims to show how stakeholders active in this area need to play Appelman their part ensuring that the ICT-sector evolves towards a sector that can lead through “greening Osseyran Warnier by IT” and also shows that it can “green its own IT” as well. This is the first book that integrates two seemingly incompatible approaches to sustainability: efficiency and effectiveness. The Green ICT & Energy book builds on the efficiency initiatives already taken by industry, but it is not a “how-to-do-it manual”. It offers insight in state of the art approaches to green IT and greening by IT. Attention to important stakeholders outside the sector, e.g. policy makers and the field of education, From smart to wise strategies G makes this book comprehensive. A more encompassing view on ICT and sustainability is offered r e to the reader and, as such, managers in higher education, educators, CIO’s, policymakers and e n regulators are inspired to integrate their efforts and to contribute to a transition of one of the I C most important and prominent sectors in our global economy. T & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENTS – VOLUME 5 ISSN 2164-0645 E n e r The book series addresses novel techniques and measures related to sustainable energy g y developments with an interdisciplinary focus that cuts across all fields of science, engineering and technology linking renewable energy and other sustainable materials with human society. It F addresses renewable energy sources and sustainable policy options, including energy efficiency ro m and energy conservation to provide long-term solutions for key-problems of industrialized, s developing and transition countries by fostering clean and domestically available energy and, m a ceomnicsusirorennst. lPy,o sdseibclree aaspinpgli cadteiopnesn dweinllc bee oand dfroessssile df uneol t iomnplyo rftrso ma nad terechdnuiccianlg p ogirnete onfh oviueswe , gbaust rt to w also from economic, financial, social, political, legislative and regulatory viewpoints. The book is series aims to become a state-of-the-art source for a large group of readers comprising different e s stakeholders and professionals, including government and non-governmental organizations and tra institutions, international funding agencies, universities, public health and energy institutions, te g and other relevant institutions. ie s SERIES EDITOR: Jochen Bundschuh Editors: Jaco H. Appelman, Anwar Osseyran & Martijn Warnier an informa business GREENICT&ENERGY:FROMSMARTTOWISESTRATEGIES TThhiiss ppaaggee iinntteennttiioonnaallllyy lleefftt bbllaannkk Sustainable Energy Developments Series Editor Jochen Bundschuh UniversityofSouthernQueensland(USQ),Toowoomba,Australia RoyalInstituteofTechnology(KTH),Stockholm,Sweden ISSN:2164-0645 Volume 5 TThhiiss ppaaggee iinntteennttiioonnaallllyy lleefftt bbllaannkk Green ICT & Energy From smart to wise strategies JacoAppelman AssistantProfessorSystemsEngineering,DelftUniversityofTechnology andSustainabilityInnovatoratFastFact.nl,Delft,TheNetherlands AnwarOsseyran CEO SURFsara, the Dutch national HPC Center and Chairman of the Green IT Consortium Amsterdam,TheNetherlands MartijnWarnier AssistantProfessorSystemsEngineering,DelftUniversityofTechnology, Delft,TheNetherlands Shortnoteonfrontcover: Theenergyvortexresembles,ifyouwanttoseeit,DNAandalllifeisessentiallyamixture offlowsofenergyandstoredenergy. Wehopethatnewideasaboutsustainabilitywill bringmorelifetotheICTsectorsothatitcanflourishandgrowandcontributetonewgreen prosperousworld. CRCPress/BalkemaisanimprintoftheTaylor&FrancisGroup,aninformabusiness ©2014Taylor&FrancisGroup,London,UK TypesetbyMPSLimited,Chennai,India PrintedandboundinTheNetherlandsbyPrintSupport4U,Meppel Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationortheinformationcontainedhereinmaybe reproduced,storedinaretrievalsystem,ortransmittedinanyformorbyanymeans,electronic, mechanical,byphotocopying,recordingorotherwise,withoutwrittenpriorpermissionfrom thepublishers. Althoughallcareistakentoensureintegrityandthequalityofthispublicationandthe informationherein,noresponsibilityisassumedbythepublishersnortheauthorforany damagetothepropertyorpersonsasaresultofoperationoruseofthispublicationand/or theinformationcontainedherein. LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData GreenICT&energy:fromsmarttowisestrategies/[editedby]JacoAppelman, AnwarOsseyran&MartijnWarnier. pagescm.—(Sustainableenergydevelopments,ISSN2164-0645;volume5) Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN978-0-415-62096-3(hardback:alk.paper) 1. Informationtechnology— Environmentalaspects. 2. Computerscience—Environmentalaspects. 3. Computer industry—Environmentalaspects. 4. Greentechnology. I. Appelman,JacobHerre. II. Osseyran,A. III. Warnier,Martijn. QA76.9.E58G74 2014 004—dc23 2013027376 Publishedby: CRCPress/Balkema P.O.Box11320,2301EH,Leiden,TheNetherlands e-mail:[email protected] www.crcpress.com–www.taylorandfrancis.com ISBN:9780415620963(Hardback) ISBN:9780203120231(e-bookPDF) About the book series Renewableenergysourcesandsustainablepolicies,includingthepromotionofenergyefficiency andenergyconservation, offersubstantiallong-termbenefitstoindustrialized, developingand transitionalcountries.Theyprovideaccesstocleananddomesticallyavailableenergyandleadto adecreaseddependenceonfossilfuelimports,andareductioningreenhousegasemissions. Replacingfossilfuelswithrenewableresourcesaffordsasolutiontotheincreasedscarcityand priceoffossilfuels.Additionallyithelpstoreduceanthropogenicemissionofgreenhousegases andtheirimpactsonclimatechange.Intheenergysector,fossilfuelscanbereplacedbyrenewable energysources.Inthechemistrysector,petroleumchemistrycanbereplacedbysustainableor greenchemistry.Inagriculture,sustainablemethodscanbeusedthatenablesoilstoactascarbon dioxidesinks.Intheconstructionsector,sustainablebuildingpracticeandgreenconstructioncan beused,replacingforexamplesteel-enforcedconcretebytextile-reinforcedconcrete.Research anddevelopmentandcapitalinvestmentsinallthesesectorswillnotonlycontributetoclimate protectionbutwillalsostimulateeconomicgrowthandcreatemillionsofnewjobs. This book series will serve as a multi-disciplinary resource. It links the use of renewable energyandrenewablerawmaterials,suchassustainablygrownplants,withtheneedsofhuman society.Theseriesaddressestherapidlygrowingworldwideinterestinsustainablesolutions.These solutionsfosterdevelopmentandeconomicgrowthwhileprovidingasecuresupplyofenergy. Theymakesocietylessdependentonpetroleumbysubstitutingalternativecompoundsforfossil- fuel-based goods.All these contribute to minimize our impacts on climate change. The series covers all fields of renewable energy sources and materials. It addresses possible applications notonlyfromatechnicalpointofview, butalsofromeconomic, financial, socialandpolitical viewpoints.Legislativeandregulatoryaspects,keyissuesforimplementingsustainablemeasures, areofparticularinterest. Thisbookseriesaimstobecomeastate-of-the-artresourceforabroadgroupofreadersinclud- ingadiversityofstakeholdersandprofessionals.Readerswillincludemembersofgovernmental andnon-governmentalorganizations,internationalfundingagencies,universities,publicenergy institutions,therenewableindustrysector,thegreenchemistrysector,organicfarmersandfarm- ingindustry,publichealthandotherrelevantinstitutions,andthebroaderpublic.Itisdesigned toincreaseawarenessandunderstandingofrenewableenergysourcesandtheuseofsustainable materials.Italsoaimstoacceleratetheirdevelopmentanddeploymentworldwide,bringingtheir use into the mainstream over the next few decades while systematically replacing fossil and nuclearfuels. The objective of this book series is to focus on practical solutions in the implementation of sustainableenergyandclimateprotectionprojects.Notmovingforwardwiththeseeffortscould haveserioussocialandeconomicimpacts.Thisbookserieswillhelptoconsolidateinternational findings on sustainable solutions. It includes books authored and edited by world-renowned scientists and engineers and by leading authorities in economics and politics. It will provide a valuablereferenceworktohelpsurmountourexistingglobalchallenges. JochenBundschuh (SeriesEditor) vii TThhiiss ppaaggee iinntteennttiioonnaallllyy lleefftt bbllaannkk Editorial board MorganBazilian DeputyDirector,InstituteforStrategicEnergyAnalysis(JISEA), NationalRenewableEnergyLab(NREL),Golden,CO,USA, [email protected] RobertK.Dixon Leader,ClimateandChemicals,TheGlobalEnvironmentFacility, TheWorldBankGroup,Washington,DC,USA,[email protected] MariadaGraçaCarvalho MemberoftheEuropeanParliament,Brussels&Professor atInstitutoSuperiorTécnico,TechnicalUniversityofLisbon, Portugal,[email protected], [email protected] RainerHinrichs-Rahlwes President of the European Renewable Energy Council (EREC), PresidentoftheEuropeanRenewableEnergiesFederation(EREF), Brussels,Belgium;BoardMemberoftheGermanRenewableEnergy Federation(BEE),Berlin,Germany,[email protected] EricMartinot SeniorResearchDirector,InstituteforSustainableEnergyPolicies (ISEP),Nakano,Tokyo&TsinghuaUniversity,Tsinghua-BPClean EnergyResearchandEducationCenter,Beijing,China, [email protected],[email protected] VeenaJoshi SeniorAdvisor-Energy,SectionClimateChangeandDevelopment, EmbassyofSwitzerland,NewDelhi,India,[email protected] ChristineMilne LeaderoftheAustralianGreensParty,SenatorforTasmania, ParliamentHouse,Canberra,ACT&Hobart,TAS,Australia ADVISORYEDITORIALBOARD ALGERIA HaceneMahmoudi(renewableenergyfordesalinationandwatertreatment),Facultyof Sciences,HassibaBenBoualiUniversity,Chlef ARGENTINA MartaIreneLitter(advancedoxidationtechnologies,heterogeneousphotocatalysis), GerenciaQuímica,ComisiónNacionaldeEnergíaAtómica,SanMartín,Prov.deBuenos Aires,Argentina&ConsejoNacionaldeInvestigacionesCientíficasyTécnicas,Buenos Aires,Argentina&InstitutodeInvestigacióneIngenieríaAmbiental,UniversidaddeGeneral SanMartín,Prov.deBuenosAires AUSTRALIA ThomasBanhazi(biologicalagriculture;sustainablefarming,agriculturesustainableenergy solutions),NationalCentreofEngineeringinAgriculture,UniversityofSouthern Queensland,Toowoomba,QLD ix

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