DocumentCode :
2411777
Title :
Creating a sustainable IT ecosystem: Enabling next-generation urban infrastructures
Author :
Watson, Brian J. ; Sharma, Ratnesh K. ; Charles, Susan K. ; Shah, Amip J. ; Patel, Chandrakant D. ; Marwah, Manish ; Hoover, Christopher E. ; Christian, Thomas W. ; Bash, Cullen E.
Author_Institution :
Sustainable IT Ecosyst. Lab., Hewlett-Packard Labs., Palo Alto, CA, USA
fYear :
2009
fDate :
18-20 May 2009
Firstpage :
1
Lastpage :
6
Abstract :
In this paper, we describe an integrated design and management approach to creating a sustainable IT ecosystem: a physical infrastructure where information technology has been seamlessly interwoven to improve environmental efficiency while achieving lower cost. Specifically, we describe five principles to achieve such integration: ecosystem-scale life-cycle design; scalable and configurable resource microgrids; pervasive sensing; knowledge discovery and visualization; and autonomous control. Application of the approach is demonstrated for the case study of an urban water infrastructure, and we find that the proposed approach could potentially enable reduction of life-cycle energy use by over 15%.
Keywords :
data mining; data visualisation; information technology; water resources; autonomous control; configurable resource microgrids; ecosystem-scale life-cycle design; integrated design; knowledge discovery; life cycle energy reduction; next-generation urban infrastructures; pervasive sensing; sustainable IT ecosystem; urban water infrastructure; visualization; Availability; Cities and towns; Ecosystems; Environmental management; Large-scale systems; Power system reliability; Power system security; Space technology; Technology management; Visualization; information technology; physical infrastructure; sustainability; urban design;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Sustainable Systems and Technology, 2009. ISSST '09. IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Phoenix, AZ
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4324-6
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/ISSST.2009.5156758
Filename :
5156758
Link To Document :
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