Green ICT & Energy: From Smart to Wise Strategies

171 Pages·2013·8.44 MB·English

by  Jaco H. Appelman

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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
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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
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SERIES EDITOR: Jochen Bundschuh
Editors:
Jaco H. Appelman, Anwar Osseyran & Martijn Warnier
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Series Editor
Jochen Bundschuh
UniversityofSouthernQueensland(USQ),Toowoomba,Australia
RoyalInstituteofTechnology(KTH),Stockholm,Sweden
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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.
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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.
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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
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