Green Automation for Sustainable Environment.

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 -- References -- 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 -- References -- 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 -- References -- 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 -- References -- Index.

This book explores the concepts and role of green computing and its recent developments for making the environment sustainable. It focuses on green automation not limited to computers, but will attract various disciplines like nanoscience, information technology, and biochemistry.

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