Advances and New Trends in Environmental and Energy Informatics

1. Front Matter

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2. Green IT

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Extending Energetic Potentials of Data Centers by Resource Optimization to Improve Carbon Footprint

      • Alexander Borgerding, Gunnar Schomaker

      Pages 3-19

   3. Expansion of Data Centers’ Energetic Degrees of Freedom to Employ Green Energy Sources

      • Stefan Janacek, Wolfgang Nebel

      Pages 21-38

   4. A Data Center Simulation Framework Based on an Ontological Foundation

      • Ammar Memari, Jan Vornberger, Jorge Marx Gómez, Wolfgang Nebel

      Pages 39-57

   5. The Contexto Framework: Leveraging Energy Awareness in the Development of Context-Aware Applications

      • Maximilian Schirmer, Sven Bertel, Jonas Pencke

      Pages 59-76

   6. Refactorings for Energy-Efficiency

      • Marion Gottschalk, Jan Jelschen, Andreas Winter

      Pages 77-96

3. From Smart Grids to Smart Homes

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 97-97

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   2. The 5 % Approach as Building Block of an Energy System Dominated by Renewables

      • Enno Wieben, Thomas Kumm, Riccardo Treydel, Xin Guo, Elke Hohn, Till Luhmann et al.

      Pages 99-113

   3. Aligning IT Architecture Analysis and Security Standards for Smart Grids

      • Mathias Uslar, Christine Rosinger, Stefanie Schlegel, Rafael Santodomingo-Berry

      Pages 115-134

   4. Design, Analysis and Evaluation of Control Algorithms for Applications in Smart Grids

      • Christian Hinrichs, Michael Sonnenschein

      Pages 135-155

   5. Multi-actor Urban Energy Planning Support: Building Refurbishment & Building-Integrated Solar PV

      • Najd Ouhajjou, Wolfgang Loibl, Stefan Fenz, A. Min Tjoa

      Pages 157-176

   6. Beyond Eco-feedback: Using Room as a Context to Design New Eco-support Features at Home

      • Nico Castelli, Gunnar Stevens, Timo Jakobi, Niko Schönau

      Pages 177-195

4. Smart Transportation

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 197-197

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   2. Supporting Sustainable Mobility Using Mobile Technologies and Personalized Environmental Information: The Citi-Sense-MOB Approach in Oslo, Norway

      • Núria Castell, Hai-Ying Liu, Franck R. Dauge, Mike Kobernus, Arne J. Berre, Josef Noll et al.

      Pages 199-218

   3. Spatial Information for Safer Bicycling

      • Martin Loidl

      Pages 219-235

   4. Using Systems Thinking and System Dynamics Modeling to Understand Rebound Effects

      • Mohammad Ahmadi Achachlouei, Lorenz M. Hilty

      Pages 237-255

5. Sustainable Enterprises and Management

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 257-257

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   2. Software and Web-Based Tools for Sustainability Management in Micro-, Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises

      • Matthew Johnson, Jantje Halberstadt, Stefan Schaltegger, Tobias Viere

      Pages 259-274

   3. Towards Collaborative Green Business Process Management as a Conceptual Framework

      • Timo Jakobi, Nico Castelli, Alexander Nolte, Niko Schönau, Gunnar Stevens

      Pages 275-293

This book presents the latest findings and ongoing research in the field of green information systems and green information and communication technology (ICT). It provides insights into a whole range of cross-cutting topics in ICT and environmental sciences as well as showcases how information and communication technologies allow environmental and energy efficiency issues to be handled effectively. The papers presented in this book are a selection of extended and improved contributions to the 28th International Conference on Informatics for Environmental Protection dedicated to ICT for energy efficiency. This book is essential and particularly worth reading for those who already gained basic knowledge and want to deepen and extend their expertise in the subjects mentioned above.

• Environmental management information systems
• Green IS
• Green information systems
• ICT for energy efficiency
• Renewable energy and smart grids
• Sustainability reporting
• computer science for environmental protection

• University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany

  Jorge Marx Gomez, Michael Sonnenschein, Ute Vogel, Andreas Winter, Barbara Rapp, Nils Giesen

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