scholarly journals A Survey on Energy Efficiency in Smart Homes and Smart Grids

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (21) ◽  
pp. 7273
Author(s):  
Lisardo Prieto González ◽  
Anna Fensel ◽  
Juan Miguel Gómez Berbís ◽  
Angela Popa ◽  
Antonio de Amescua Seco
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Smart Grids ◽  
Communication Systems ◽  
High Performance ◽  
User Profile ◽  
Smart Homes ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Rich

Empowered by the emergence of novel information and communication technologies (ICTs) such as sensors and high-performance digital communication systems, Europe has adapted its electricity distribution network into a modern infrastructure known as a smart grid (SG). The benefits of this new infrastructure include precise and real-time capacity for measuring and monitoring the different energy-relevant parameters on the various points of the grid and for the remote operation and optimization of distribution. Furthermore, a new user profile is derived from this novel infrastructure, known as a prosumer (a user that can produce and consume energy to/from the grid), who can benefit from the features derived from applying advanced analytics and semantic technologies in the rich amount of big data generated by the different subsystems. However, this novel, highly interconnected infrastructure also presents some significant drawbacks, like those related to information security (IS). We provide a systematic literature survey of the ICT-empowered environments that comprise SGs and homes, and the application of modern artificial intelligence (AI) related technologies with sensor fusion systems and actuators, ensuring energy efficiency in such systems. Furthermore, we outline the current challenges and outlook for this field. These address new developments on microgrids, and data-driven energy efficiency that leads to better knowledge representation and decision-making for smart homes and SGs.

scholarly journals The Digitalization of the European Agri-Food Cooperative Sector. Determining Factors to Embrace Information and Communication Technologies

Agriculture ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 514
Author(s):  
Javier Jorge-Vázquez ◽  
Mª Peana Chivite-Cebolla ◽  
Francisco Salinas-Ramos
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
High Performance ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Political Agenda ◽  
Food Sector ◽  
Technological Adoption ◽  
Synthetic Index ◽  
Determining Factors ◽  
Information And Communication

The digitization of the agri-food sector is a strategic priority in the political agenda of European institutions. The opportunity to improve the competitiveness and efficiency of the sector offered by new technologies comes together with its potential to face new economic and environmental challenges. This research aims to analyze the level of digitalization of the European agri-food cooperative sector from the construction of a composite synthetic index. Such an index is to be based on a diverse set of variables related to electronic commerce and the services offered through the internet. It also evaluates how European cooperatives influence the degree of technological adoption depending on their size or the wealth of the country where they carry out their activity. The empirical analytical method is thus used, through the analysis of frequencies and correlations. The results obtained reveal the existence of a suboptimal and heterogeneous degree of digitization of European agri-food cooperatives, clearly conditioned by their size and the wealth of the country where they operate. In this situation, it is recommended to promote public policies that guarantee high-performance digital connectivity, an improvement in training in digital skills and the promotion of cooperative integration processes.

Business Model Design

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raphael Amit ◽  
Christoph Zott
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Dynamic Capabilities ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Model Design ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Business Model Design ◽  
The Rich ◽  
Economic Landscape

The rapidly changing economic landscape, coupled with transformational advances in information and communication technologies, presents many challenges to managers of large and small enterprises alike. They need to adopt a holistic approach to continuously renew and innovate their organizations’ capabilities, their product and service mix, their product-market strategies, their activity systems, and more. In response to such challenges, two perspectives have emerged in the strategic management literature in the last two decades: the dynamic capabilities paradigm and the business model perspective. With few exceptions, these viewpoints have been kept separate. In this chapter, we explore the rich links between these two perspectives and suggest that business model design, when viewed through a process lens, is in fact a dynamic capability. Our contribution is to elaborate on the mechanisms of this capability.

Using Duality Theory to Reframe E-Government Challenges

2016 ◽  
pp. 35-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathleen S. Hartzel ◽  
Virginia W. Gerde
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Duality Theory ◽  
Communication Systems ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Stakeholder Groups ◽  
Conflicting Objectives ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
New Framework ◽  
Government Development

The design of information and communication systems for e-government is burdened with a host of conflicting objectives. For example, systems should be standardized and stable, but at the same time they should also be flexible and responsive to the needs of various stakeholder groups. When systems are designed properly, ICT (information and communication technologies) features can help resolve some of the tensions created by conflicting objectives. This chapter uses duality theory as a basis for a new framework that demonstrates how many of the tensions found at various stages of e-government (development, implementation, and adoption) can be reframed as dualities. When e-government systems are designed for duality, ICT mitigates many of the barriers and obstacles and increases the system's effectiveness and acceptance by the citizenry.

Digital inclusion

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald M. Baecker
Keyword(s):  
Digital Divide ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Digital Technology ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Digital Inclusion ◽  
Digital Devices ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Rich

J. C. R. Licklider, Vannevar Bush, Doug Engelbart, Ted Nelson, and Alan Kay optimistically and exuberantly imagined how computers could better the lives of people. Much of this has come to pass. The Internet supports learning by ‘students’ at all levels. Information on laws, procedures, diseases, and medical care may be found on the web. The Internet now provides the easiest, or in some cases the only, way to pay bills or order items such as books, groceries, and even clothing. It is a means of communication with family, friends, individuals one would like to meet, individuals with whom one could share insights, and potential employers. Music, films, and other means of entertainment stream to our digital devices. This implies that those for whom digital technology is not available are at a disadvantage. The gap between the technology-haves and the technology-have-nots became known in the 1990s as a digital divide. The concept is nuanced; we can speak of availability or scarcity of hardware, such as personal computers (PCs) and mobile phones; of infrastructure such as cellular networks; of communications bandwidth that enables a smooth media viewing experience; of expertise in using the technology; of commitment to its use; and of engagement in the process. Some only consume information; others contribute their ideas via methods such as blogging and tweeting. Yet a better way to describe digital technology widely accessible is the goal of social inclusion, to allow all individuals, regardless of socioeconomic status, location, race, gender, or ability or disability, to take advantage of the benefits of modern computing and telecommunications. To have terminology that is even more evocative, we shall use the more modern and descriptive term of digital inclusion. This has been defined by the International Telecommunications Union as ‘empowering people through information and communication technologies (ICTs)’. The term ‘people’ is meant here to imply all people throughout the world. This chapter will first examine the digital divide between the haves and the have-nots (often the rich and the poor) within several nations. Examples of the benefits of digital inclusion will be cited.

scholarly journals A survey on smart grid communication system

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miles H.F. Wen ◽  
Ka-Cheong Leung ◽  
Victor O.K. Li ◽  
Xingze He ◽  
C.-C. Jay Kuo
Keyword(s):  
Smart Grid ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication System ◽  
Communication Systems ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Power Electronic ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Smart Grid Communication ◽  
Generation Power

Concerns with global warming prompted many governments to mandate increased proportion of electricity generation from renewable sources. This, together with the desire to have more efficient and secure power generation and distribution, has driven research in the next-generation power grid, namely, the smart grid. Through integrating advanced information and communication technologies with power electronic and electric power technologies, smart grid will be highly reliable, efficient, and environmental-friendly. A key component of smart grid is the communication system. This paper explores the design goals and functions of the smart grid communication system, followed by an in-depth investigation on the communication requirements. Discussions on some of the recent developments related to smart grid communication systems are also introduced.

scholarly journals GeoSense: A Multimode Information and Communication System

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Sudharsan ◽  
J. Adinarayana ◽  
A. K. Tripathy ◽  
S. Ninomiya ◽  
M. Hirafuji ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Precision Agriculture ◽  
Communication Systems ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Cloud Service ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Network Location ◽  
Open Hardware ◽  
Technological Developments ◽  
Information And Communication

Recent technological developments allowed to envision the low-power (solar power) and low-cost (open hardware) sensor devices (Agrisens/FieldServer/Flux Tower/FieldTwitter) with multimode (ZigBee/WiFi/3G/WebGIS) information and communication technologies (ICTs), a model in which is christened as GeoSense. Integrating these multimode and multi-level communication systems with distributed ambient sensory network location-based service (LBS) is a challenging task, which could be a potential technology for monitoring various natural phenomena. This integrated model is introduced to provide and assist the rural stakeholders with real-time decision support system (DSS) with dynamic information and modeling services for precision agriculture through GeoSense cloud service. This GeoSense research has been experimented in semiarid tropics in India under Indo-Japan initiative on multi-disciplinary ICT program.

scholarly journals Assessing the influence of Information and Communication Technologies on energy productivity

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 515-527
Author(s):  
Alexandra Catalina Chinie
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Panel Data Analysis ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Energy Productivity ◽  
Economic Output ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Individual

Abstract The digitalization current is among one of the most relevant factors that currently drive transformation in the economy, with different degrees of impact across the main segments of the economy. As the topic of sustainability is now on the agenda of the biggest economic players, digitalization and the ability to leverage Information and Communication Technology opportunities have been recognized as drivers for innovation and change and a means to reach the sustainability goals. Reaching energy efficiency has been among the main objectives of both the public and the private sectors, leading to an increased interest in recognizing and capitalizing on energy efficiency opportunities. This in turn has an impact on the overall energy productivity, defined as the economic output per unit of energy. While this indicator has relevance at both micro and macro level, it is important to identify which makes some countries perform better than others. In the current economic context, studying how the performance of countries in the digital era correlates with the energy productivity can reveal further information on how it can be improved. The Networked Readiness Index is an indicator which assesses how well a country can capitalize on digital technologies and whether their usage of Information and Communication Technology has a relevant socio-economic impact. This paper analyzes which components that are assessed in a country’s Networked Readiness Index might influence energy productivity. Based on a panel data analysis performed on European countries, the study identifies that the individual usage of Information and Communication Technologies, the business and innovation environment and the usage of ICT by the business segment could have an impact on the energy productivity of a country.

scholarly journals Are ICTs Prerequisites for the Eradication of Poverty?

2007 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 283-294
Author(s):  
H P P Lötter
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Rich ◽  
Effective Use ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

I provide a philosophical analysis of the claim that ICTs are necessary preconditions for the eradication of poverty. What are the links between information and communication technologies (ICTs) and poverty? I first define technology and then give a brief depiction of ICTs. Thereafter I define poverty and give a brief expla-nation of its context and causes. Next I discuss the relationship between poverty and ICTs in three paradigm cases: [i] the role of ICTs in poor societies, [ii] the effect of poor ICT knowledge and skill of individuals in highly developed technological societies, and [iii] the impact of impoverished ICT knowledge and skills on the rich, powerful, and intelligent ones in society. I propose a procedure for decision making about the appropria-tion of ICTs by individuals and societies. I assess the claim that both access to ICTs and effective use of them are preconditions for the eradication of poverty.

scholarly journals Introduction

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Heather Lovell
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Smart Grids ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Electricity Sector ◽  
Digital Innovation ◽  
The Social ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
History Of ◽  
Energy Innovation

AbstractThis chapter introduces Understanding Energy Innovation, a book that is about the process of digital innovation within the electricity sector, with a focus on the social and political. This chapter covers who the book is for, its aims and themes, summarises key theories of energy innovation, and defines smart grids. Smart grids involve the incorporation of new digital and information and communication technologies into utility infrastructures, and they are used as a case study throughout the book to explore energy innovation. The chapter concludes with a brief history of smart grids.

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