Schippl u. a.: Assessing the potential of ICT

Jens Schippl / Nora Weinberger

Brüssel: European Parliament 2009
(IP / A / STOA / FWC / 2005-28 / SC43)
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1	Motivation and Background			1
2	ICT as an Enabling Technology			5
		2.1	Electricity Distribution (smart grids)	10
		2.2	Smart Buildings, Smart Homes and Smart Metering	17
		2.3	Transport and Dematerialisation	23
		2.4	Industrial Processes and Organisations Sustainability	31
3	ICT as an Energy Consumer			35
		3.1	PCs, server farms (and the internet)	39
		3.2	Virtualisation	43
		3.3	Cloud Computing	45
4	Concluding Remarks			47
5	References			51
6	Annex: Important linkages between ICT and Climate Change			57