Overview
- Demonstrates how sustainability can be supported by pivotal and emergent technologies, including cloud computing, smart grids and devices, big data, and the internet of things
- Considers a broad continuum of sustainability efforts, from developing power-saving micro-electronics to planning and building smart cities
- Illuminates connections between seemingly disparate technological developments to demonstrate the pressing need for interdisciplinary research
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Internet of Things (IoT), and “Smart Living”
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Technological Challenges for “Smart Futures”, Evaluation and Monitoring
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About this book
This book explores the nexus of Sustainability and Information Communication Technologies that are rapidly changing the way we live, learn, and do business. The monumental amount of energy required to power the Zeta byte of data traveling across the globe’s billions of computers and mobile phones daily cannot be overstated. This ground-breaking reference examines the possibility that our evolving technologies may enable us to mitigate our global energy crisis, rather than adding to it. By connecting concepts and trends such as smart homes, big data, and the internet of things with their applications to sustainability, the authors suggest that emerging and ubiquitous technologies embedded in our daily lives may rightfully be considered as enabling solutions for our future sustainable development.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Prof. Mohammad Dastbaz is the Deputy Vice Chancellor at University of Suffolk. Professor Dastbaz’s research work over recent years has been focused on the use and impact of emerging technologies in society, particularly learning, training and the development of “eGovernment.” Dr. Dastbaz has led EU and UK based funded research projects and has been the Symposium Chair of Multimedia Systems in IEEE’s Information Visualisation (IV) conference since 2002. He has over 50 refereed publications, including numerous journal paper articles, conference papers, book chapters and books on e-learning, eGovernment and the design and development of Multimedia Systems. Professor Dastbaz is a Fellow of the British Computer Society and UK’s Higher Education Academy as well as the professional member of ACM and IEEE’s computer society.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Technology for Smart Futures
Editors: Mohammad Dastbaz, Hamid Arabnia, Babak Akhgar
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60137-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Energy, Energy (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-60136-6Published: 15 September 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-86787-8Published: 18 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-60137-3Published: 05 September 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIV, 363
Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations, 92 illustrations in colour
Topics: Energy Efficiency, Energy Systems, Sustainable Development, Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet)