Environmental Sustainability
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Pervasive computing naturally lends itself to many of environmental sustainability's core challenges. Environmental sustainability involves efforts such as monitoring the state of the physical world; managing the direct and indirect impacts of large-scale human enterprises such as agriculture, transport, and manufacturing; and informing individuals' personal choices in consumption and behavior. These needs are well-aligned with pervasive computing's vision, which promises to deliver computational intelligence embedded in the physical world, human enterprises, and people's lives.
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Index Terms:
pervasive computing, green technology, environmental sustainability
Citation:
Allison Woodruff, Jennifer Mankoff, "Environmental Sustainability," IEEE Pervasive Computing, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 18-21, Jan.-Mar. 2009, doi:10.1109/MPRV.2009.6
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