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Eight ways to reduce your digital carbon footprint
Description: Whether it’s from doing things like burning fossil fuels through driving, cranking up the furnace or grilling a steak, we are all responsible for releasing carbon dioxide into …Subject Area: 1. Natural sciences, Computer and information sciences
Author: Whether it’s from doing things like burning fossil fuels through driving, cranking up the furnace or grilling a steak, we are all responsible for releasing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, which is called our carbon footprint. When we collectively produce more carbon than the planet can absorb, the extra CO2 contributes to climate change.
Time to read: 15 min
Date Added: 09-04-2022
DigComp competence area: 4. Safety
DigComp competence: 4.4 Protecting the environment
CLICKING CLEAN: WHO IS WINNING THE RACE TO BUILD A GREEN INTERNET?
Description: In light of the sector’s pivotal role, Greenpeace began benchmarking the energy performance of the IT sector in 2009, challenging those companies who are the largest global architects …Subject Area: 1. Natural sciences, Computer and information sciences
Author: Cook, G.
Time to read: 45 min
Date Added: 09-04-2022
DigComp competence area: 4. Safety
DigComp competence: 4.4 Protecting the environment
Digital Rebound – Why Digitalization Will Not Redeem Us Our Environmental Sins
Description: “Digitalization as a technological phenomenon of the 21st century has the power to redeem most environmental sins of our 20th century technology. This seems to be a popular …Subject Area: 1. Natural sciences, Computer and information sciences
Author: Coroamă, V. C. & Mattern, F.
Time to read: 60 min
Date Added: 09-04-2022
DigComp competence area: 4. Safety
DigComp competence: 4.4 Protecting the environment
Energy audit handbook
Description: This comprehensive Energy Audit Handbook as a step-by-step guide to energy auditing. It will benefit all organisations considering or carrying out an energy audit; regardless of sector, size …Subject Area: 1. Natural sciences, 2. Engineering and technology, Computer and information sciences, Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering, Systems engineering
Author:
Time to read: 192 min
Date Added: 09-04-2022
DigComp competence area: 4. Safety
DigComp competence: 4.4 Protecting the environment
ResourceSmart Schools. Energy audit tool.
Description: The manual introduces to energy consumption at schools, supports conducting a student-led energy audit in school building. It provides activities and resources for recording information on energy use, …Subject Area: 1. Natural sciences, 2. Engineering and technology, Computer and information sciences, Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering, Systems engineering
Author:
Time to read: 29 min
Date Added: 09-04-2022
DigComp competence area: 4. Safety
DigComp competence: 4.4 Protecting the environment
Smart home and appliances: State of the Art
Description: This report aims to give an overview of the whole smart home ecosystems with a focus on the energy implications that incur from it. Throughout the report a …Subject Area: 1. Natural sciences, 2. Engineering and technology, Computer and information sciences, Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering, Systems engineering
Author: Serrenho, T., Bertoldi, P.
Time to read: 135 min
Date Added: 09-04-2022
DigComp competence area: 4. Safety
DigComp competence: 4.4 Protecting the environment
Top Tips for Sustainability in Schools
Description: This article offers practical ways and tips for schools to become more sustainable. From reduction of carbon emissions and waste to sustainable purchasing, implementing a whole-school approach and …Subject Area: 1. Natural sciences, Earth and related environmental sciences
Author:
Time to read: 84 min
Date Added: 09-04-2022
DigComp competence area: 4. Safety
DigComp competence: 4.4 Protecting the environment
Advancing education for sustainable development Key success factors for policy and practice.
Description: The handbook reveals 12 clusters of key conclusions which can serve as lessons or recommendations for stakeholders seeking to establish or enhance ESD policy and practice. It provides …Subject Area: 1. Natural sciences, 5. Social science, Earth and related environmental sciences, Educational sciences
Author: Whitby A.
Time to read: 220 min
Date Added: 08-04-2022
DigComp competence area: 4. Safety
DigComp competence: 4.4 Protecting the environment
The environmental footprint of the digital world
Description: This study focuses on the quantification of the global digital environmental footprint and its evolution between 2010 and 2025. After an introduction on the digital world and its …Subject Area: 1. Natural sciences, Computer and information sciences, Earth and related environmental sciences
Author: Bordage F., Abrikh F., Antoine A.
Time to read: 90 min
Date Added: 07-04-2022
DigComp competence area: 4. Safety
DigComp competence: 4.4 Protecting the environment
Environment: treading lightly on the Earth
Description: Focuses on the problem of greenhouse gas emissions, especially carbon dioxide (CO2), and explores what you can do to lighten those emissions to help reduce the rate of …Subject Area: 1. Natural sciences, Earth and related environmental sciences
Author: Roy Robin
Time to read: 900 min
Date Added: 07-04-2022
DigComp competence area: 4. Safety
DigComp competence: 4.4 Protecting the environment
What is your carbon footprint?
Description: This activity will have students reflect on the opportunities for reducing emissions and the many benefits from these solutions. Students will create an account through your community group …Subject Area: 1. Natural sciences, Earth and related environmental sciences
Author: Brian Henning
Time to read: 70 min
Date Added: 07-04-2022
DigComp competence area: 4. Safety
DigComp competence: 4.4 Protecting the environment
Overview of Climate Change Science
Description: This OER is a product of The EPA- Environmental Protection Agency, that explores the topic of climate change and global warming, Greenhouse Gases, Extreme Weather, the Climate Impacts …Subject Area: 1. Natural sciences, Earth and related environmental sciences
Author: EPA- Environmental Protection Agency
Time to read: 30 min
Date Added: 07-04-2022
DigComp competence area: 1. Information and data literacy
DigComp competence: 1.1 Browsing, searching and filtering data, information and digital content
Green IoT for Eco-Friendly and Sustainable Smart Cities: Future Directions and Opportunities
Description: Green IoT leads to an eco-friendly environment, which is more sustainable for smart cities. Therefore, it is essential to address the techniques and strategies for reducing pollution hazards, …Subject Area: 1. Natural sciences, 2. Engineering and technology, Computer and information sciences, Systems engineering
Author: Faris. A. Almalki, S. H. Alsamhi, Radhya Sahal, Jahan Hassan, Ammar Hawbani, N. S. Rajput, Abdu Saif, Jeff Morgan, John Breslin
Time to read: 300 min
Date Added: 28-02-2022
DigComp competence area: 4. Safety
DigComp competence: 4.4 Protecting the environment
Green Internet of Things (GIoT): Applications, Practices, Awareness, and Challenges
Description: Various energy efficient hardware design principles, data-centers, and software based data traffic management techniques are discussed as enablers of Green Internet of ThingsSubject Area: 1. Natural sciences, Computer and information sciences
Author: Albreem, M. A., Sheikh, A. M., Alsharif, M. H., Jusoh, M., and Yasin, N. M.
Time to read: 300 min
Date Added: 28-02-2022
DigComp competence area: 4. Safety
DigComp competence: 4.4 Protecting the environment