DocumentCode
2346819
Title
Overall ICT footprint and green communication technologies
Author
Vereecken, Willem ; Van Heddeghem, Ward ; Colle, Didier ; Pickavet, Mario ; Demeester, Piet
Author_Institution
Dept. of Inf. Technol., Ghent Univ., Ghent, Belgium
fYear
2010
fDate
3-5 March 2010
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
6
Abstract
Green communication technologies currently receive a lot of attention. In this paper we give an overview of the environmental issues related to communication technologies en present an estimation of the overall ICT footprint. Additionally we present some approaches on how to reduce this footprint and how ICT can assist in other sectors reducing their footprint.
Keywords
environmental factors; information technology; environmental issues; green communication technologies; overall ICT footprint; Carbon dioxide; Communication system control; Communications technology; Energy consumption; Energy efficiency; Ores; Process control; Recycling; Signal processing; Waste materials;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Communications, Control and Signal Processing (ISCCSP), 2010 4th International Symposium on
Conference_Location
Limassol
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-6285-8
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ISCCSP.2010.5463327
Filename
5463327
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