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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Communications, Control and Signal Processing (ISCCSP), 2010 4th International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Limassol
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6285-8
DOI :
10.1109/ISCCSP.2010.5463327
