
Information Technology and Sustainability
Essays on the Relationship between Information Technology and Sustainable Development
Lorenz M. Hilty(Author)
BoD - Books on Demand (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 9. June 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
180 pages
978-3-8370-1970-4 (ISBN)
Description
Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) are contributing both to environmental problems and to their solution. Will ICT producers, users and recyclers be the major polluters of tomorrow, or will 'Green IT' and a dematerialized information society save the climate? This book provides an in-depth analysis of the relationship between ICT and sustainable development, culminating in 15 recommendations - to producers, users and political decision makers - which show the way to a sustainable information society.
Keywords: Information Technology, Environment, Sustainable Development, Environmental Informatics, Green IT, Green Computing, Data Centers, Energy Efficiency, Resource Productivity, Dematerialization, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), E-waste, Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE), Recycling, Technological Complexity, Critical Information Infrastructure, Open Standards, Rebound Effect.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Norderstedt
Germany
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 220 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
296 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-8370-1970-4 (9783837019704)
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Lorenz M. Hilty
Information Technology and Sustainability
Essays on the Relationship between Information Technology and Sustainable Development
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Author
Dr. Lorenz M. Hilty, born 1959 in St.Gallen, Switzerland, is Head of the Technology and Society Lab at Empa, the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research, and teaches 'Computers and Society' at the University of Zurich. Ecological and social aspects of ICT have been the focus of his research for two decades. He is the author of more than 100 scientific publications publications in the field, see http://www.empa.ch/hilty/.
ISNI: 0000 0000 5512 2794
ISNI: 0000 0000 5512 2794