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Chapter "Predictive Policing in 2025: A Scenario" is available open
access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
License via link.springer.com.
Through research and proven practice, the aim of the International
Conference of Sustainable Ecological Engineering Design for Society
(SEEDS) is to foster ideas on how to reduce negative impacts on the
environment while providing for the health and well-being of
society. The professions and fields of research required to ensure
buildings meet user demands and provide healthy enclosures are many
and diverse. The SEEDS conference addresses the interdependence of
people, the built and natural environments, and recognizes the
interdisciplinary and international themes necessary to assemble
the knowledge required for positive change.
Chapter "Predictive Policing in 2025: A Scenario" is available open
access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
License via link.springer.com.
Through research and proven practice, the aim of the International
Conference of Sustainable Ecological Engineering Design for Society
(SEEDS) is to foster ideas on how to reduce negative impacts on the
environment while providing for the health and well-being of
society. The professions and fields of research required to ensure
buildings meet user demands and provide healthy enclosures are many
and diverse. The SEEDS conference addresses the interdependence of
people, the built and natural environments, and recognizes the
interdisciplinary and international themes necessary to assemble
the knowledge required for positive change.
This book tackles the challenges posed by accelerating
urbanization, and demystifies Social Sustainability, the least
understood of all the different areas of sustainable development.
The volume's twin focus on these profoundly intertwined topics
creates a nuanced and vitally important resource. Large migrations
from rural areas to cities without appropriate planning and
infrastructure improvements, including housing, education and
health care optimization, have created significant challenges
across the globe. The authors suggest technology-rich strategies to
meet these challenges by careful application of data on population
growth and movement to the planning, design, and construction of
operational infrastructures that can sustainably support our
increasingly rapid population growth.
This book charts the path toward high performance sustainable
buildings and the smart dwellings of the future. The volume clearly
explains the principles and practices of high performance design,
the uses of building information modelling (BIM), and the materials
and methods of smart construction. Power Systems, Architecture,
Material Science, Civil Engineering and Information Systems are all
given consideration, as interdisciplinary endeavours are at the
heart of this green building revolution.
This book focuses on the impacts of the built environment, and how
to predict and measure the benefits and consequences of changes
taking place to address sustainability in the development and
building industries. It draws together the best treatments of these
subjects from the Leeds Sustainability Institute's inaugural
International Conference on Sustainability, Ecology, Engineering,
Design for Society (SEEDS). The focus of discussion is on
understanding how buildings and spaces are designed and nurtured to
obtain optimal outcomes in energy efficiency and environmental
impacts. In addition to examining technical issues such as modeling
energy performance, emphasis is placed on the health and well-being
of occupants. This holistic approach addresses the interdependence
of people with the built and natural environments. The book's
contents reflect the interdisciplinary and international
collaboration critical to assembly of the knowledge required for
positive change.
This book tackles the challenges posed by accelerating
urbanization, and demystifies Social Sustainability, the least
understood of all the different areas of sustainable development.
The volume's twin focus on these profoundly intertwined topics
creates a nuanced and vitally important resource. Large migrations
from rural areas to cities without appropriate planning and
infrastructure improvements, including housing, education and
health care optimization, have created significant challenges
across the globe. The authors suggest technology-rich strategies to
meet these challenges by careful application of data on population
growth and movement to the planning, design, and construction of
operational infrastructures that can sustainably support our
increasingly rapid population growth.
This book explores the nexus of Sustainability and Information
Communication Technologies that are rapidly changing the way we
live, learn, and do business. The monumental amount of energy
required to power the Zeta byte of data traveling across the
globe's billions of computers and mobile phones daily cannot be
overstated. This ground-breaking reference examines the possibility
that our evolving technologies may enable us to mitigate our global
energy crisis, rather than adding to it. By connecting concepts and
trends such as smart homes, big data, and the internet of things
with their applications to sustainability, the authors suggest that
emerging and ubiquitous technologies embedded in our daily lives
may rightfully be considered as enabling solutions for our future
sustainable development.
This book charts the path toward high performance sustainable
buildings and the smart dwellings of the future. The volume clearly
explains the principles and practices of high performance design,
the uses of building information modelling (BIM), and the materials
and methods of smart construction. Power Systems, Architecture,
Material Science, Civil Engineering and Information Systems are all
given consideration, as interdisciplinary endeavours are at the
heart of this green building revolution.
This book presents state-of-the-art research and case studies on
new approaches to the design, construction and planning of our
cities. Emphasis is placed on the role of alternative and renewable
energy in the development of urban infrastructures that enable
sustainable futures. Reflecting the multi-faceted efforts required
to successfully meet sustainability challenges, this book is a
collaboration between practitioners and academics across a broad
spectrum of specializations. Compelling research findings are
explained in the context of practical implementation, enhanced by
case studies from industry leaders in order to create a pragmatic
reference across policy areas where environmentally aware decision
making is required.
This book focuses on the impacts of the built environment, and how
to predict and measure the benefits and consequences of changes
taking place to address sustainability in the development and
building industries. It draws together the best treatments of these
subjects from the Leeds Sustainability Institute's inaugural
International Conference on Sustainability, Ecology, Engineering,
Design for Society (SEEDS). The focus of discussion is on
understanding how buildings and spaces are designed and nurtured to
obtain optimal outcomes in energy efficiency and environmental
impacts. In addition to examining technical issues such as modeling
energy performance, emphasis is placed on the health and well-being
of occupants. This holistic approach addresses the interdependence
of people with the built and natural environments. The book's
contents reflect the interdisciplinary and international
collaboration critical to assembly of the knowledge required for
positive change.
This book presents state-of-the-art research and case studies on
new approaches to the design, construction and planning of our
cities. Emphasis is placed on the role of alternative and renewable
energy in the development of urban infrastructures that enable
sustainable futures. Reflecting the multi-faceted efforts required
to successfully meet sustainability challenges, this book is a
collaboration between practitioners and academics across a broad
spectrum of specializations. Compelling research findings are
explained in the context of practical implementation, enhanced by
case studies from industry leaders in order to create a pragmatic
reference across policy areas where environmentally aware decision
making is required.
Through research and proven practice, the aim of the International
Conference of Sustainable Ecological Engineering Design for Society
(SEEDS) is to foster ideas on how to reduce negative impacts on the
environment while providing for the health and well-being of
society. The professions and fields of research required to ensure
buildings meet user demands and provide healthy enclosures are many
and diverse. The SEEDS conference addresses the interdependence of
people, the built and natural environments, and recognizes the
interdisciplinary and international themes necessary to assemble
the knowledge required for positive change.
Through research and proven practice, the aim of the International
Conference of Sustainable Ecological Engineering Design for Society
(SEEDS) is to foster ideas on how to reduce negative impacts on the
environment while providing for the health and well-being of
society. The professions and fields of research required to ensure
buildings meet user demands and provide healthy enclosures are many
and diverse. The SEEDS conference addresses the interdependence of
people, the built and natural environments, and recognizes the
interdisciplinary and international themes necessary to assemble
the knowledge required for positive change.
This unique volume considers the emergence of "Industry 4.0" (i4.0)
and the many ways the multifaceted field of Engineering is
transforming our ideas and our options around sustainability. It
points to emerging technological advances that are facilitating
industrial process improvements to artificial intelligence's
promise to help us live "smartly" and manage energy demand.
Engineering for a sustainable future is an exploding area of
research. This book provides coverage of key case studies from
industrial partners such as Ericsson, British Telecom (BT), BMW,
Matrixx and research from different UK and international
institutions. Examines Smart Engineering Design; Considers how
Communication Technologies are developing in the age of i4.0 (from
4G to 6G and beyond); Using interesting case studies from large
manufacturers such as BMW to examine Rapid Prototyping and Digital
manufacturing; Covers some key issues about Big Data and network
security and discusses "Blockchain"; Provides fresh insight into
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Augmented Reality; Discusses
global warming and discusses how urban heat islands are having a
detrimental impact on the health and wellbeing of inhabitants in
major cities; Provides interesting case studies to determine the
industry 4.0 (I4.0) readiness of eight Central and Eastern European
countries (CEECs).
This unique volume considers the emergence of "Industry 4.0" (i4.0)
and the many ways the multifaceted field of Engineering is
transforming our ideas and our options around sustainability. It
points to emerging technological advances that are facilitating
industrial process improvements to artificial intelligence's
promise to help us live "smartly" and manage energy demand.
Engineering for a sustainable future is an exploding area of
research. This book provides coverage of key case studies from
industrial partners such as Ericsson, British Telecom (BT), BMW,
Matrixx and research from different UK and international
institutions. Examines Smart Engineering Design; Considers how
Communication Technologies are developing in the age of i4.0 (from
4G to 6G and beyond); Using interesting case studies from large
manufacturers such as BMW to examine Rapid Prototyping and Digital
manufacturing; Covers some key issues about Big Data and network
security and discusses "Blockchain"; Provides fresh insight into
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Augmented Reality; Discusses
global warming and discusses how urban heat islands are having a
detrimental impact on the health and wellbeing of inhabitants in
major cities; Provides interesting case studies to determine the
industry 4.0 (I4.0) readiness of eight Central and Eastern European
countries (CEECs).
We are living in the era of "Big Data" and the computing power
required to deal with "Big Data" both in terms of its energy
consumption and technical complexity is one of the key areas of
research and development. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
estimates that centralized computing infrastructures (data centres)
currently use 7 giga watts of electricity during peak loads. This
translates into about 61 billion kilowatt hours of electricity
used. By the EPA's estimates, power-hungry data centres consume the
annual output of 15 average-sized power plants. One of the top
constraints to increasing computing power, besides the ability to
cool, is simply delivering enough power to a given physical space.
Green Information Technology: A Sustainable Approach offers in a
single volume a broad collection of practical techniques and
methodologies for designing, building and implementing a green
technology strategy in any large enterprise environment, which up
until now has been scattered in difficult-to-find scholarly
resources. Included here is the latest information on emerging
technologies and their environmental impact, how to effectively
measure sustainability, discussions on sustainable hardware and
software design, as well as how to use big data and cloud computing
to drive efficiencies and establish a framework for sustainability
in the information technology infrastructure. Written by recognized
experts in both academia and industry, Green Information
Technology: A Sustainable Approach is a must-have guide for
researchers, computer architects, computer engineers and IT
professionals with an interest in greater efficiency with less
environmental impact.
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