Vlad Constantin Coroama: Katalogdaten im Herbstsemester 2017

NameHerr Dr. Vlad Constantin Coroama
Adresse
ETH Zürich, Institut für Pervasive
Universitätstrasse 6
CNB H 105
8092 Zürich
SWITZERLAND
Telefon+41 44 632 08 59
Fax+41 44 632 16 59
URLhttp://people.inf.ethz.ch/vcoroama/
DepartementInformatik
BeziehungDozent

NummerTitelECTSUmfangDozierende
252-3610-00LSmart Energy Information 5 KP3G + 1AF. Mattern, V. C. Coroama, V. Tiefenbeck
KurzbeschreibungThe lecture covers the role of ICT for sustainable energy usage. Concepts of the emerging smart grid are outlined and approaches to motivate sustainable consumer choices are explained. The lecture combines technologies from ubiquitous computing and traditional ICT with insights from socio-psychological concepts and illustrates them with examples from actual applications.
LernzielParticipants become familiar with the challenges related to sustainable energy usage, understand the principles of a smart grid infrastructure and its applications, know the role of ubiquitous computing technologies, can explain the challenges regarding security and privacy, can reflect the basics cues to induce changes in consumer behavior, develop a general understanding of the effects of a smart grid infrastructure on energy efficiency, and know how to apply the learning to related design projects.
Inhalt- Background on energy generation and consumption; characteristics, potential, and limitations of renewable energy sources
- Introduction to energy economics
- Smart grid and smart metering infrastructures, virtual power plants, security challenges
- Demand managemenet and home automation using ubiquitous computing technologies
- Changing consumer behavior with smart ICT
- Benefits challenges of a smart energy system
LiteraturWill be provided during the course, though a good starting point is "ICT for green: how computers can help us to conserve energy" from Friedemann Mattern, Thosten Staake, and Markus Weiss (available at http://www.vs.inf.ethz.ch/publ/papers/ICT-for-Green.pdf).
Voraussetzungen / BesonderesThe lecture includes interactive exercises, case studies and practical examples.