ICT4S 2013: Proceedings of the First International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Sustainability, ETH Zurich, February 14-16, 2013

摘要: Our world is getting smarter: smart homes, cities, grids, vehicles and logistics, cloud computing, crowdsourcing. Many solutions are today designed in a “Green IT” context proposed with the intention to contribute environmental or social sustainability. Such claims include, for example, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, saving energy, finding most sustainable alternative decision situation, optimising process regard sustainability criteria, enabling participation poverty. However, it difficult determine whether potential net benefit of solution will materialize under real-world conditions, particular when considering dynamics markets, possible rebound effects other systemic effects. "Smarter" does not necessarily imply "more sustainable". The First International Conference Information Communication Technologies Sustainability (ICT4S), held Zurich on February 14-16, 2013, gathered more than 200 researchers makers from 50 countries exchange their insights about an effective contribution ICT development. papers presented at conference contained this volume. These contributions show multi-facetted relationship between (ICTs) issues First, although creating virtual worlds, these technologies physically dependent supply energy scarce materials. How can we reduce ecological footprint ICT? (Sustainability ICT) Second, ICTs increase material efficiency production consumption patterns processes. Essentially depending socio-economic framework, they support decoupling value crea¬tion resource use instead accelerating resource-intensive processes by ICT). Third, computational models design implement aid our understanding complex systems. applications based them creation assessment urgent problems, among climate change Research following cross-cutting have been repeatedly addressed ICT4S 2013 conference, thus defining outline research agenda emerging field Sustainability: 1. power software: software hardware consumption? 2. Scarce materials used hardware: obsolescence close cycles? 3. Smart buildings: manage buildings smarter thereby largest fraction total 4. Sustainable behaviours lifestyles: be users making choices that development? presentations discussions also available as podcasts visual protocols via website http://www.ict4s.org.