Advances and New Trends in Environmental Informatics

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Design, Sustainability and ICT

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Analysis of Product Lifecycle Data to Determine the Environmental Impact of the Apple iPhone

      • Hans-Knud Arndt, Chris Ewe

      Pages 3-13

   3. Sustainable Software Design for Very Small Organizations

      • Stefanie Lehmann, Hans-Knud Arndt

      Pages 15-24

   4. Software Development Guidelines for Performance and Energy: Initial Case Studies

      • Christian Bunse, Andre Rohdé

      Pages 25-35

   5. Green ICT Research and Challenges

      • Roberto Verdecchia, Fabio Ricchiuti, Albert Hankel, Patricia Lago, Giuseppe Procaccianti

      Pages 37-48

   6. Some Aspects of Using Universal Design as a Redesign Strategy for Sustainability

      • Moyen M. Mustaquim, Tobias Nyström

      Pages 49-60

3. Disaster Management for Resilience and Public Safety

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 61-61

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   2. Development of Web Application for Disaster-Information Collection and Its Demonstration Experiment

      • Toshihiro Osaragi, Ikki Niwa, Noriaki Hirokawa

      Pages 63-73

   3. Social Media Resilience During Infrastructure Breakdowns Using Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks

      • Christian Reuter, Thomas Ludwig, Marc-André Kaufhold, Julian Hupertz

      Pages 75-88

   4. Collection and Integration of Multi-spatial and Multi-type Data for Vulnerability Analysis in Emergency Response Plans

      • Harsha Gwalani, Armin R. Mikler, Suhasini Ramisetty-Mikler, Martin O’Neill

      Pages 89-101

   5. EPISECC Common Information Space: Defining Data Ownership in Disaster Management

      • Gerhard Zuba, Lina Jasmontaite, Uberto Delprato, Georg Neubauer, Alexander Preinerstorfer

      Pages 103-112

4. Energy Systems

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 113-113

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   2. Integrating Social Acceptance of Electricity Grid Expansion into Energy System Modeling: A Methodological Approach for Germany

      • Karoline A. Mester, Marion Christ, Melanie Degel, Wolf-Dieter Bunke

      Pages 115-129

   3. Dynamic Portfolio Optimization for Distributed Energy Resources in Virtual Power Plants

      • Stephan Balduin, Dierk Brauer, Lars Elend, Stefanie Holly, Jan Korte, Carsten Krüger et al.

      Pages 131-142

   4. Distributed Power Management of Renewable Energy Resources for Grid Stabilization

      • Bengt Lüers, Marita Blank, Sebastian Lehnhoff

      Pages 143-152

   5. Proposing an Hourly Dynamic Wind Signal as an Environmental Incentive for Demand Response

      • Anders Nilsson, Nils Brandt

      Pages 153-164

5. Energy System Modelling—Barriers, Challenges and Good Practice in Open Source Approaches

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 165-165

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   2. Wind Energy Scenarios for the Simulation of the German Power System Until 2050: The Effect of Social and Ecological Factors

      • Marion Christ, Martin Soethe, Melanie Degel, Clemens Wingenbach

      Pages 167-180

   3. AC Power Flow Simulations within an Open Data Model of a High Voltage Grid

      • Ulf Philipp Müller, Ilka Cussmann, Clemens Wingenbach, Jochen Wendiggensen

      Pages 181-193

This book presents the latest findings and ongoing research in the field of green information systems as well as green information and communication technology (ICT). It provides insights into a whole range of cross-cutting concerns in ICT and environmental sciences and showcases how information and communication technologies allow environmental and energy efficiency issues to be handled effectively. Offering a selection of extended and reworked contributions to the 30th International Conference EnviroInfo 2016, it is essential reading for anyone wanting to extend their expertise in the area. 

• 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

• HTW Berlin, University of Applied Sciences, Berlin, Germany

  Volker Wohlgemuth

• HTW Berlin, University of Applied Sciences , Berlin, Germany

  Frank Fuchs-Kittowski, Jochen Wittmann

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