TY  - CHAP
AU  - I. Foche
AU  - M. Chidean
AU  - F.J. Simó-Reigadas
AU  - I. Mora-Jiménez
AU  - J.L. Rojo-Álvarez
AU  - J. Ramiro-Bargueno
AU  - A.J. Caamano
ED  - Sameh Gobriel
Y1  - 2012-04-04
PY  - 2012
T1  - Monitoring Energy Efficiency in Buildings with Wireless Sensor Networks: NRG-WiSe Building
N2  - The topic of "Energy Efficiency in Communications and Networks" attracts growing attention due to economical and environmental reasons. The amount of power consumed by information and communication technologies (ICT) is rapidly increasing, as well as the energy bill of service providers. According to a number of studies,  ICT alone is responsible for a percentage which varies from 2% to 10% of the world power consumption. Thus, driving rising cost and sustainability concerns about the energy footprint of the IT infrastructure. Energy-efficiency is an aspect that until recently was only considered for battery driven devices. Today we see energy-efficiency becoming a pervasive issue that will need to be considered in all technology areas from device technology to systems management. This book is seeking to provide a compilation of novel research contributions on hardware design, architectures, protocols and algorithms that will improve the energy efficiency of communication devices and networks and lead to a more energy proportional technology infrastructure.
BT  - Energy Efficiency in Communications and Networks
SP  - Ch. 6
UR  - https://doi.org/10.5772/37750
DO  - 10.5772/37750
SN  - 
PB  - IntechOpen
CY  - Rijeka
Y2  - 2024-04-24
ER  -