scholarly journals Towards sustainable ICT

2019 ◽  
Vol 119 ◽  
pp. 00016
Author(s):  
Michela Meo
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Rapid Growth ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
Energy Aware ◽  
Communication Services ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Sustainable Services

While information and communication technologies (ICT) can play a crucial role in tackling issues related to sustainability, and reducing resource consumption in every sector, they also consume huge amounts of energy, andthis, combined with the predicted rapid growth of demand for communication services, is expected to make the whole sector more and more energy-hungry in the coming years. The sustainability of ICT itself is also becoming an urgent challenge. Actions can be taken in several directions: i) introducing a massive and pervasive use of renewable energy sources, a step that requires the design of communication services to be revised; ii) enforcing rules and policies that induce the provisioning of sustainable services and promote the adoption of proper attitudes; and iii) involving the users who will become conscious consumers and participate in crowdsourcing projects tomonitor consumption and foster energy-aware behaviours.

scholarly journals Enhancing privacy in smart energy systems

2019 ◽  
Vol 137 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-37
Author(s):  
Dominik Engel
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Personal Data ◽  
Energy Systems ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
Distribution Grid ◽  
Smart Energy Systems ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Ev Charging

AbstractThe mission to move from fossil to renewable energy sources is accompanied and enabled by the digitalization of our energy systems. With the introduction of information and communication technologies, the widespread integration of distributed, renewable sources, even in the distribution grid, are enabled. New use cases such as fast EV charging, local energy communities and dynamic energy tariffs are also enabled. However, this move toward digitalization also increases the exposure of the energy systems for cybercrime and raises concerns regarding the privacy of personal data. In this article, we address the issue of privacy in smart energy systems and give an overview of current methods to enhance privacy.

scholarly journals Transition towards Sustainable Energy

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hendro Wicaksono
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Demand Response ◽  
Smart Grids ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Power Grids ◽  
Energy Potential ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Demand Response Programs

The presentation describes the comparison of energy consumption and generation between Germany and Indonesia. It shows then the potential of renewable energy potential in Indonesia and the estimation of their utilization by 2030. The introduction of renewable energy sources in power grids requires the integration of information and communication technologies. The presentation explains the integration through smart grids and demand response programs.

scholarly journals Digital transformation of energy sector companies

2021 ◽  
Vol 250 ◽  
pp. 06001
Author(s):  
Victoria Akberdina ◽  
Ainur Osmonova
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Low Carbon Economy ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Energy Companies ◽  
Carbon Economy

Digital transformation is an ongoing process that is driven by the recent advances in digitalization as well as the development of information and communication technologies (ICT) that penetrate all socio-economic fields of everyday life and business. In this paper, we describe the digital transformation of energy companies. We show that successful transformation is based on skills, expertise and knowledge of the employees that need to be created and maintained. In addition, we show that digital competences become a key element in building capacities that are required for the digital transformation. This is of a particular importance for the energy companies that are experiencing major changes on the path of transition toward low-carbon economy and renewable energy.

scholarly journals Energy, Carbon and Renewable Energy: Candidate Metrics for Green-aware Routing?

Sensors ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (13) ◽  
pp. 2901 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hossain ◽  
Georges ◽  
Rondeau ◽  
Divoux
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Co2 Emissions ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Routing Algorithm ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Energy Aware ◽  
Traffic Demand ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
And Control

There are all sort of indications that Internet usage will go only upwards, resulting in an increase in energy consumption and CO2 emissions. At the same time, a significant amount of this carbon footprint corresponds to the information and communication technologies (ICT) sector, with around one third being due to networking. In this paper we have approached the problem of green networking from the point of view of sustainability. Here, alongside energy-aware routing, we have also introduced pollution-aware routing with environmental metrics like carbon emission factor and non-renewable energy usage percentage. We have proposed an algorithm based on these three candidate-metrics. Our algorithm provides optimum data and control planes for three different metrics which regulate the usage of different routers and adapt the bandwidth of the links while giving the traffic demand requirements utmost priority. We have made a comparison between these three metrics in order to show their impact on greening routing. The results show that for a particular scenario, our pollution-aware routing algorithm can reduce 36% and 20% of CO2 emissions compared to shortest path first and energy-based solutions, respectively.

Energy in 3D

2017 ◽  
pp. 444-463
Author(s):  
Giuliana Finco
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Virtual Worlds ◽  
Smart City ◽  
City Planning ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Solar Panels ◽  
Interactive Games ◽  
Information And Communication

The course is developed from the study in Life Sciences and energy, till the deepening about the fossil and renewable sources, with video display, animations, little experiments, interactive games and multimedia presentations using the IWB of the renewable energy sources. After scoring a summary of key information, we switch to implement a Smart city planning workshop, drawing three-dimensionally objects with the 3D graphic application Sketchup, until build the city furnished with solar panels placed on the roofs. At the end of the trail, the educational activities are implemented in the Virtual World Scuola3D supported by a proactive and creative way to educate pupils by conscious and creative use of information and communication technologies, with the use of 3D and virtual worlds for live at three-dimensional virtual experience until they are able to design and build a three-dimensional ideal city, the “Smart city” for a sustainable future.

scholarly journals Data Centers Optimized Integration with Multi-Energy Grids: Test Cases and Results in Operational Environment

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (23) ◽  
pp. 9893
Author(s):  
Tudor Cioara ◽  
Marcel Antal ◽  
Claudia Daniela Antal (Pop) ◽  
Ionut Anghel ◽  
Massimo Bertoncini ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Thermal Energy ◽  
Data Centers ◽  
Energy Savings ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Primary Energy ◽  
Test Cases ◽  
Operational Environment ◽  
Information And Communication

In this paper, we address the management of Data Centers (DCs) by considering their optimal integration with the electrical, thermal, and IT (Information Technology) networks helping them to meet sustainability objectives and gain primary energy savings. Innovative scenarios are defined for exploiting the DCs electrical, thermal, and workload flexibility as a commodity and Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) are proposed and used as enablers for the scenarios’ implementation. The technology and scenarios were evaluated in the context of two operational DCs: a micro DC in Poznan which has on-site renewable sources and a DC in Point Saint Martin. The test cases’ results validate the possibility of using renewable energy sources (RES) for exploiting DCs’ energy flexibility and the potential of combining IT load migration with the availability of RES to increase the amount of energy flexibility by finding a trade-off between the flexibility level, IT load Quality of Service (QoS), and the RES production level. Moreover, the experiments conducted show that the DCs can successfully adapt their thermal energy profile for heat re-use as well as the combined electrical and thermal energy profiles to match specific flexibility requests.

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