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Too complex for students but useful background for the teacher. Smart sensor networks - technologies and applications for green growth
12-Jan-2010
Sensor networks play an important role in tackling environmental challenges. Sensor applications in smart power grids, smart buildings and smart industrial processes make significant contributions to more efficient resource use and reduce greenhouse gas emissions and other pollutants. This report gives an overview of sensor technologies and applications, and quantifies their environmental impacts.
Video: Greening ICT case study QuickTime (Duration: 8.05) Greening ICT case study from Queen Margaret University. Good overview of the problems and solutions.
Neerjaal is an Information Communication Technology enabled water resource management system for grassroots communities. It is about collation of ground water related content and information and management of water resources with the available information. The Neerjaal software facilitates generating, storing and making public the water related information in a village. The core objective of Neerjaal is to contribute towards managing scarce water resources across communities in India.
An article about some of the (non-ewaste) environmental effects of IT. Talks about energy consumption, health risks to microchip plant workers, and resource use. (This also published in the book Computer Confluence)