Sustainable IT Ecosystems: Enabling Next-Generation Cities

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Hoover ◽  
Brian Watson ◽  
Ratnesh Sharma ◽  
Sue Charles ◽  
Amip Shah ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Data Analytics ◽  
Integrated Design ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Autonomous Control ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
Urban Water ◽  
Next Generation ◽  
Life Cycle Design ◽  
Pervasive Sensing ◽  
Control Application

In this paper, we describe an integrated design and management approach for building next-generation cities. This approach leverages IT technology in both the design and operational phases to optimize sustainability over a broad set of metrics while lowering costs. We call this approach a Sustainable IT Ecosystem. Our approach is based on five principles: ecosystem-scale life-cycle design; scalable and configurable infrastructure building blocks; pervasive sensing; data analytics and visualization; and autonomous control. Application of the approach is demonstrated for two case studies: an urban water infrastructure and an urban power microgrid. We conclude by discussing future opportunities to co-design and integrate these independent infrastructures, gaining further efficiencies.

Integrated Design and Management of a Sustainable Data Center

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian J. Watson ◽  
Amip J. Shah ◽  
Manish Marwah ◽  
Cullen E. Bash ◽  
Ratnesh K. Sharma ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Data Center ◽  
Data Centers ◽  
Integrated Design ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Autonomous Control ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
It Services ◽  
Pervasive Sensing ◽  
Conventional Services ◽  
Lifecycle Design

The environmental impact of data centers is significant and is growing rapidly. However, there are many opportunities for greater efficiency through integrated design and management of data center components. To that end, we propose a sustainable data center that replaces conventional services in the physical infrastructures with more environmentally friendly IT services. We have identified five principles for achieving this vision: data center scale lifecycle design, flexible and configurable building blocks, pervasive sensing, knowledge discovery and visualization, and autonomous control. We describe these principles and present specific use cases for their application. Successful implementation of the sustainable data center vision will require multi-disciplinary collaboration across various research and industry communities.

scholarly journals Recent Progress in the Synthesis and Characterization of Diarylethene-based MOFs

2014 ◽  
Vol 70 (a1) ◽  
pp. C1223-C1223
Author(s):  
Jason Benedict ◽  
Ian Walton ◽  
Dan Patel ◽  
Jordan Cox
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Properties ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Synthesis And Characterization ◽  
Next Generation ◽  
Design Synthesis ◽  
Thermally Induced ◽  
Potential Applications ◽  
External Stimuli ◽  
Physical And Chemical

Metal-organic Frameworks (MOFs) remain an extremely active area of research given the wide variety of potential applications and the enormous diversity of structures that can be created from their constituent building blocks. While MOFs are typically employed as passive materials, next-generation materials will exhibit structural and/or electronic changes in response to applied external stimuli including light, charge, and pH. Herein we present recent results in which advanced photochromic diarylethenes are combined with MOFs through covalent and non-covalent methods to create photo-responsive permanently porous crystalline materials. This presentation will describe the design, synthesis, and characterization of next-generation photo-switchable diarylethene based ligands which are subsequently used to photo-responsive MOFs. These UBMOF crystals are, by design, isostructural with previously reported non-photoresponsive frameworks which enables a systematic comparison of their physical and chemical properties. While the photoswitching of the isolated ligand in solution is fully reversible, the cycloreversion reaction is suppressed in the UBMOF single crystalline phase. Spectroscopic evidence for thermally induced cycloreversion will be presented, as well as a detailed analysis addressing the limits of X-ray diffraction techniques applied to these systems.

scholarly journals AN INTEGRATED DESIGN METHODOLOGY

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Freiheit ◽  
S. S. Park ◽  
V Giuliani
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Integrated Design ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Global Markets ◽  
Design Tools ◽  
Regulatory Requirements ◽  
Life Cycle Design ◽  
Design Requirements ◽  
Stakeholder Needs ◽  
Integrated Design Methodology

Global markets demand quick product develop-ment that is simultaneously cost-effective and meets stakeholder needs. Many tools and design methodolo-gies have been developed that address individual as-pects of the design problem, such as Axiomatic De-sign, Design for Manufacture, Life Cycle Design, etc. However, competitive viability can be put at risk when a product fails to achieve all customer, business, manufacturing, and regulatory requirements. To de-liver all design requirements, an efficient integrated design methodology is required. This paper proposes a design approach which integrates previously devel-oped design tools to economically achieve essential design objectives, within a framework that facilitates a rapid design process.

Governance instruments for optimising source separation in novel urban water systems: the case of cross-connections in urban water systems

Water Policy ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 412-427 ◽  
Author(s):  
Björn Ebert ◽  
Engelbert Schramm ◽  
Bingxiang Wang ◽  
Martina Winker
Keyword(s):  
Source Separation ◽  
Water System ◽  
Water Systems ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
Urban Water ◽  
Phase Cooperation ◽  
Three Phase ◽  
Urban Water Systems ◽  
Cooperation Model ◽  
Governance Instruments

Abstract Using the three-phase cooperation model and analysing projects based on their cooperation demands in the planning, implementation and operation phases, this article answers three main questions for each of the above-mentioned phases: (i) How and between which systems do cross-connections occur? (ii) Which actors are involved in those phases? (iii) Who needs to participate in which type of governance to achieve a better, more structured process of cross-connection control? The article refers to the world's largest novel water system in the Chinese city of Qingdao where a Resource Recovery Centre (RRC) providing the treatment of greywater for domestic and landscape reuse for 12,000 inhabitants has been implemented. A systematic interdisciplinary analysis of cross-connections leads to the conclusion that the approach to source separation needs to be complemented by governance instruments. These governance instruments derived from the actors identified by the cooperation management approach comprise processes of deliberation and communication, qualification and certification, final approval and inspection, as well as learning and evaluation.

scholarly journals Prevention and Control of Foodborne Diseases in Middle-East North African Countries: Review of National Control Systems

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dima Faour-Klingbeil ◽  
Ewen C. D. Todd
Keyword(s):  
Food Safety ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Control Systems ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Foodborne Diseases ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
Global Public Health ◽  
Food Control

Foodborne diseases continue to be a global public health problem with an estimated 600 million people falling ill annually. In return, international standards are becoming stricter which poses challenges to food trade. In light of the increasing burden of foodborne diseases, many countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region have upgraded their food laws and undertaken changes to the organizational structure of their regulatory institutions to maintain or expand international export activities, tighten control on local and imported products, and protect consumers’ health. However, until this date, the published information on the regional health burdens of foodborne diseases is very limited and it is not clear whether the recent changes will serve towards science-based and effective preventive functions and the adoption of the risk management approach. In this review, we summarize the recent food safety issues and the national food control systems of selected countries in the region although we were challenged with the scarcity of information. To this end, we examined the national food safety systems in the context of the five essential elements of the FAO/WHO Guidelines for Strengthening National Food Control Systems. These five elements—food law and regulations; food control management; inspection services; laboratory services; food monitoring; and epidemiological data, information, education, communication, and training—constitute the building blocks of a national food control system, but could also serve as tools to assess the effectiveness of the systems.

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