The energy demand of ICT: A historical perspective and current methodological challenges

Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing

Volumn 310, Issue , 2015, Pages 71-103

  Aebischer, Bernard ^a,c,d   Hilty, Lorenz M ^b,c,d  

^a University of Zurich ^*  (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^d ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Energy conversion; Energy policy; Green ICT; Green software; ICT energy consumption; ICT life cycle; Regulation Standby power

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; LIFE CYCLE;

DATA COLLECTION; EFFICIENCY GAIN; ELECTRICITY-CONSUMPTION; ENTIRE LIFE CYCLES; GREEN ICT; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; INDIVIDUAL DEVICES; STANDBY POWER;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84927656883     PISSN: 21945357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-09228-7_4     Document Type: Article

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