Green automation for sustainable environment / edited by Sherin Zafar, Mohd Abdul Ahad, M. Afshar Alam, and Kashish Ara Shakil.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Zafar, Sherin.

Ahad, Mohd Abdul.

Alam, M. Afshar.

Shakil, Kashish Ara.

Series:

Green engineering and technology : concepts and applications.

Green engineering and technology : concepts and applications

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainable engineering.

Sustainable development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (113 pages).

Edition:

1st edition.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2021.

Summary:

This book explores the concepts and role of green computing and its recent developments for making the environment sustainable. It focuses on green automation in disciplines such as computers, nanoscience, information technology, and biochemistry. This book is characterized through descriptions of sustainability, green computing, their relevance to the environment, society, and its applications. Presents how to make the environment sustainable through engineering aspects and green computing Explores concepts and the role of green computing with recent developments Processes green automation linked with various disciplines such as nanoscience, information technology, and biochemistry Explains the concepts of green computing linked with sustainable environment through information technology This book will be of interest to researchers, libraries, students, and academicians that are interested in the concepts of green computing linked with green automation through information technology and their impacts on the future.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Series Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

Preface

Editors

Contributors

Chapter 1 Green Computing in Wireless Sensor Networks through Energy-Efficient Techniques for Lifetime Improvement

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Taxonomy of Energy-Efficient Routing Protocols

1.2.1 Energy Conservation Techniques

1.3 Energy-Efficient Routing Protocols in WSN

1.4 Hierarchical Routing Protocols

1.4.1 Classical-Based Clustering Protocols

1.4.1.1 Centralized and Distributive Clustering

1.4.2 Meta-Heuristic-Based Clustering Protocols

1.5 Experimental Review of Leach Protocol

1.5.1 Simulation of LEACH

1.5.2 Simulation Results

1.5.3 Analysis of LEACH Protocol

1.6 Summary

References

Chapter 2 Challenges and Opportunities with Green and Sustainable Computing in Healthcare

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Applications of Technology in the Healthcare Sector

2.3 Strategies to Enable Green and Sustainable Computing in the Healthcare sector

2.3.1 Green and Sustainable Computing in the Cloud

2.3.2 Green and Sustainable Computing in Big Data

2.3.3 Green and Sustainable Computing in IoT

2.3.4 Green and Sustainable Computing at Hardware and Software Levels

2.4 Roadmap for Healthcare Settings for Green Practices

2.5 Challenges

2.6 Case Studies

2.7 Discussion and Conclusion

Chapter 3 Green Computing and Its Related Technologies

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Related Work

3.3 Green Computing Approaches

3.3.1 Power Management

3.3.2 Resource Management

3.3.3 Server Virtualization

3.3.4 The Design of the Data Center

3.3.5 Eco-Labeling of IT product

3.3.6 Liable Disposal and Recycling of e-Wastes

3.3.7 Green Cloud Computing

3.4 Green Approaches in Other Sectors

3.4.1 Green Healthcare

3.4.2 Green Agriculture.

3.4.3 Green Internet of Things

3.4.4 Green Marketing

3.4.5 Green Economy

3.4.6 Green Industry

3.4.7 Green Architecture

3.5 Challenges in Going Green

3.5.1 Life Style Problems and Issues

3.5.2 People Don't Dump E-Wastes Appropriately

3.5.3 Poor Accessibility of Eco-friendly Products

3.5.4 Lack of Awareness among the General Masses

3.5.5 Planting Trees Is a Challenge

3.6 Conclusion

Chapter 4 Wearable Computing and Its Applications: An Approach towards Sustainable Living

4.1 Introduction

4.2 History and Evolution of Wearable Devices

4.3 Industrial Growth and Wearable Portfolio

4.4 Sustainable Living: Impact of Wearable Devices

4.4.1 Sustaining Quality of Life

4.4.2 Sustainable Living: A User Centric Approach

4.5 Security Concerns and Technological Challenges

4.6 Conclusion

Chapter 5 Role of IoT and Sensors in Achieving Sustainability

5.1 Introduction

5.1.1 Technologies Involved with IoT

5.2 Communication Protocols

5.2.1 Near-Field Communication

5.2.2 Z-Wave

5.2.3 LTE-Advanced

5.2.4 ZigBee

5.3 Shift towards Green IoT

5.3.1 Requirements and Challenges to Green IoT

5.4 IoT Applications

5.4.1 Smart Cities

5.4.2 Home Automation and Smart Security

5.4.3 Medical and Healthcare

5.4.4 Smart Agriculture

5.4.5 Water and Sanitation

5.4.6 Environment Protection

5.5 Case Study: Santander City

5.6 Future Advancements

5.6 Conclusions

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-00-300079-7

1-000-19034-X

1-003-00079-7

1-000-19032-3

9781003000792

OCLC:

1184234501