Volker Wohlgemuth

Volker Wohlgemuth
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  • Dr., Dipl.-Inform, Dipl.-Verwaltungsbetriebswirt (FH)
  • Dean at HTW Berlin - University of Applied Sciences

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Introduction
Volker Wohlgemuth studied Computer Science at the University of Hamburg, Germany. He received his PhD in 2005. He has been working as a professor for Industrial Environmental Informatics at the HTW Berlin, University of Applied Sciences, since 2005. His research fields are Material Flow Management, Modeling and Simulation, Mobile Computing, Green Coding and Environmental Management Information Systems (EMIS).
Current institution
HTW Berlin - University of Applied Sciences
Current position
  • Dean
Additional affiliations
October 2005 - present
HTW Berlin - University of Applied Sciences
Position
  • Professor (Full)
Description
  • Degree Courses Environmental Infomatics (Bachelor) and Industrial Environmental Informatics (Master)
June 1997 - May 2005
Hamburg University
Position
  • Research Assistant
Education
April 1997 - June 2005
Hamburg University
Field of study
  • Informatics
October 1991 - March 1997
Hamburg University
Field of study
  • Informatics
October 1985 - September 1988
Federal University of Applied Sciences for Public Administration (Fachochschule des Bundes für öffentliche Verwaltung)
Field of study
  • Public Administration and Meteorology

Publications

Publications (244)
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While eco-balances and Material Flow Networks are common analysis tools of Environmental Management Information Systems (EMIS), discrete event simulation has not been used widely for this purpose. This paper argues in favour of combining discrete event simulation with material flow analysis to explore both the environmental and economic impact of b...
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In the first section we provide a short review of the rather young field of Environmental Informatics. We argue that Environmental Informatics methods and tools are powerful means in environmental information processing for supporting environmental protection and sustainable development. In the second part we introduce an integrated approach for mo...
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Nowadays global initiatives face numerous prob-lems: non-transparent financial developments on the global markets, only a few years after the biggest economic crisis of our times, unsolved ecological problems that, given the ascent of emerging economies, are seemingly getting worse and the almost surreal speed at, which new technologies are changin...
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This paper presents and discusses the technical development of a software component for the simulation of manufacturing entities. The component is intended to facilitate a social domain to the existing simulation software, which already integrates the classical, economical perspective as well as an environmental perspective through the inherent usa...
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Industrial Symbiosis (IS) is a systematic and collective (business) approach to optimizing the use of materials and energy among cross-sectoral industries in order to initiate and exhaust extended cascading systems; it is associated with (synergistic) environmental, technical, social, and economic benefits. For monitoring and controlling the develo...
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This book presents a selection of peer-reviewed research papers showcasing new scientific approaches and the most recent developments in environmental informatics. Papers in this volume cover a broad range of scientific perspectives, including environmental informatics technologies and methods such as Artificial Intelligence Applications, Sustainab...
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The escalating global environmental challenges drive companies to prioritize sustainability as a core strategic focus. However, the effective management of sustainability initiatives remains a significant challenge due to fragmented tools and methodologies. To address these issues, this study introduces a Sustainability Web Platform designed to emp...
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The rise of green coding, an approach to software development that prioritizes energy efficiency and sustainability, presents a significant opportunity to reduce the environmental impact of the IT industry. However, integrating green coding practices into existing workflows and systems poses substantial challenges, particularly for junior developer...
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The paper outlines academic recommendations for integrating green coding into higher education computer science (CS) curricula. Green coding is the practice of reducing the environmental impact of software in the whole software lifecycle as development, usage, and disposal phase. The earlier future professionals dive into green coding, the better e...
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Progressing digitalization and increasing demand and use of software cause rises in energy- and resource consumption from information and communication technologies (ICT). This raises the issue of sustainability in ICT, which increasingly includes the sustainability of the software products themselves and the art of creating sustainable software. T...
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This book is an outcome of the 37th International Conference EnviroInfo 2023, held at the Leibniz Supercomputing Centre (Munich, Germany), organized by the technical committee for Environmental Informatics of the German Informatics Society. It explores the fusion of information and communication technologies with environmental sustainability. As a...
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The research field of resource and energy-efficient software is still rather young and there are uncertainties and ambiguities hindering people from conducting their own measurements. This leads to the software-induced environmental impact only rarely being considered in practice. While researchers and practitioners have produced methods, tools, gu...
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The 37th EnviroInfo conference was held from October 11th to 13th, 2023 in Garching near Munich, Germany. Organized by the Technical Committee on Environmental Informatics of the Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. (German Informatics Society - GI) and the Leibniz Supercomputing Centre (LRZ) in Garching, this event continues to be a vital plat-form fo...
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Wie gelingt es uns, die Zukunft so zu gestalten, dass sie für die großen gesellschaftlichen und wirtschaftlichen Herausforderungen wie Dekarbonisierung oder demografischer Wandel gewappnet ist? Eine Frage, auf die es viele unterschiedliche Antworten gibt. Fest steht jedoch: Ohne Informatik wird es nicht gehen. Deswegen haben wir die INFORMATIK 2023...
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As worldwide agreements aiming to reduce the carbon footprint keep coming into effect, many companies aim to become more efficient in their production process. However, it is costly to hire environmental experts to help with the efficiency and carbon reduction process. This research aims to analyze the possibility of creating a Recommender System (...
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This paper compares the energy and resource efficiency between MATLAB and R, two widely used programming languages in scientific computing and data analysis. A load driver and automation software, Power Automate, were utilized as a system under test to measure and evaluate the performance of both languages. Before the experiment, specific mathemati...
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This study demonstrates the use of environmental informatics methods in the MENA region, where sustainability approaches still face major challenges. The following case study focuses on the analysis and optimisation of the environmental performance of BariQ, a PET recycling factory in the MENA region. Through the application of a MEFA, an LCA and a...
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The paper outlines academic recommendations for integrating green coding into higher education computer science curricula. To this end, the American and European school systems are examined, and a solution proposal for stand-alone and full integration is developed and presented. The full integration is based on the three types of curriculum develop...
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At the Industrial Environmental Informatics Unit (HTW Berlin), a test integration for a future 'Green Coding' course was developed to implement the concept of environmentally conscious and energy-efficient software development. The course titled "Current Development Trends in Environmental Informatics" now educates students on fundamental concepts...
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Im Rahmen eines Verbundforschungsprojektes erfolgt die Entwicklung eines Löschdrohnenkonzepts für den Einsatz im Brand-und Katastrophenschutz. Hierzu werden Hard-und Softwareelemente für eine Bodenstation als auch für den Einsatz eines Löschdrohnenschwarms entwickelt. Dabei fließen diverse Kenntnisse aus der Ausbildung der Ingenieure in die Entwick...
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Progressing digitalization and increasing demand and use of software cause rises in energy-and resource consumption from information and communication technologies (ICT). This raises the issue of sustainability in ICT, which increasingly includes the sustainability of the software products themselves and the art of creating sustainable software. To...
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As the effects of climate change become more significant, forests all over the world are drying out. Among other problems, this results in a drastic increase of wild fire occurrences. In order to effectively fight forest fires, emergency forces are in need of safe, cost efficient and widely applicable ways to extinguish large scale fires. In this p...
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Due to the highly dynamic development processes of manufacturing companies (economic, demographic, sociological, ecological-biological processes), there are high requirements to find scientific answers to environmentally specific questions, considering the profitability and ensuring ongoing operation, and to integrate the developed models to improv...
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This book is an outcome of the 36th International Conference EnviroInfo 2022, held at the University of Hamburg, Germany, organized by the technical committee for Environmental Informatics of the German Informatics Society. It presents a selection of papers that describe innovative scientific approaches and ongoing research in environmental informa...
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The aim of this work is to design a measurement setting that enables the analysis of the resource and energy consumption of material flow oriented corporate environmental information systems (EMIS). For this purpose, the focus is put on the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) software. LCA software supports LCA mainly in Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) and in L...
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This book presents the main research results of the 36th edition of the long-standing and established international and interdisciplinary conference series on environmental information and communication technologies (EnviroInfo 2022). The conference was held from 26 to 28 of September 2022. It was organized under the patronage of the Technical Comm...
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In diesem Projekt wurde mit Hilfe der Daten aus den Verkehrszählungen 2014 ein Verkehrssimulationsmodell für die Stadt Berlin erzeugt. Nach der Erstellung des Modells können die Emissionsfaktoren nach Vorgabe des Handbuchs für Emissionsfaktoren (HBEFA) ausgelesen werden und somit eine Schadstoffermittlung für die simulierten Fahrzeuge er-mittelt we...
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This work looks at the rebound effects associated with digitalization of the use of rare earth metals in terms of environmental sustainability with a focus on the life cycle of REE in its technological applications. There is no doubt that digitization offers numerous advantages for industry and society. These primarily include improving efficienc...
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Artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the pioneering driving forces of the digital revolution in terms of the areas of application that already exist and those that are emerging as potential. On the technical side, this paper deals with the energy requirements of artificial intelligence processes. It also identifies efficiency approaches in this s...
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This research presents a practical approach towards resources and energy efficiency in production systems in small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The approach is based on mapping the production line using the modelling tool UMBERTO® Efficiency + for the representation of the material and energy flows. A case study from a bottle-to-bottle recycling...
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This book is an outcome of the 35th International Conference EnviroInfo 2021 in Berlin, organized by the technical committee for Environmental Informatics of the German Informatics Society. It presents a selection of papers that describe innovative scientific approaches and ongoing research in environmental informatics and the emerging field of env...
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This book is an outcome of the 35th International Conference EnviroInfo 2021, held at Humboldt University Berlin, organized by the technical committee for Environmental Informatics of the German Informatics Society. It presents a selection of papers that describe innovative scientific approaches and ongoing research in environmental informatics and...
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This book presents the main research results of the 35th edition of the long-standing and established international and interdisciplinary conference series on environmental information and communication technologies (EnviroInfo 2021). The conference was held from 27 to 29 of September 2021. It was organized by the HTW Berlin University of Applied S...
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Die Industrie ist eines der wichtigsten Treibhausgasemittenten in Deutschland. Entspre-chend sind Maßnahmen für die Senkung von Emissionen von großer Bedeutung. Die Mitwirkung der Industriegebiete ist hierbei gefordert. Überzeugende und motivierende Lösungsansätze sind nö-tig, um Unternehmen in Industriegebieten für den Umweltschutz und für Nachhal...
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About 22% of greenhouse gas emissions in Germany are caused by the industrial sector. In 2018 this amounted to 124 million t CO2 eq from plants subject to the European Emissions Trading System. Of these, the steel industry accounts for the largest share of CO2 emissions at 35.6 million t CO2 eq. This corresponds to around 30% of total emissions fro...
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Artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the pioneering technologies of the digital revolution in terms of the already existing and potential application areas in companies. On the technical side, this paper deals with the energy requirements for the use of artificial intelligence methods and the identification of efficiency approaches. Productivity...
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In manufacturing companies, especially in SMEs, the optimization of processes in terms of resource consumption, waste minimization, and pollutant emissions is becoming increasingly important. Another important driver is digitalization and the associated increase in the volume of data. These data, from a multitude of devices and systems, offer enorm...
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Betriebliche Umweltinformationssysteme (BUIS) sichern Rechtskonformität, unter-stützen das Umwelt- und Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement, ermitteln Informationen und stellen diese bereit. BUIS erfüllen ihre zumeist auf ein bestimmtes Betrachtungsobjekt fokussierten Aufgaben gut und sind im Management von Abfall, Anlagen, Gefahrstof-fe, Emissionen, Energie...
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This book presents short papers and work in progress papers of the 34th edition of the long-standing and established international and interdisciplinary conference series on environmental information and communication technologies (Envirolnfo 2020). This paper collection covers a broad range of scientific aspects including advances in core environm...
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Die betriebliche Umweltinformatik als anwendungsorientierte Disziplin kann gerade durch die Kombination mit IT-gestützten Verfahren im Unternehmenskontext zur umweltgerechten Modernisierung sowie zu nachhaltigen und ressourceneffizienten Lösungen beitragen. Mit diesem Ziel setzt das Transferprojekt SUSTAIN Impulse für Innovationen zur Bewčltigung w...
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Industrial Symbiosis (IS) is a systemic and collaborative business approach to optimize cycles of material and energy by connecting the supply and demand of various industries. IS provides approaches for advanced circular/cascading systems, in which the energy and material flows are prolonged for multiple utilization within industrial systems in or...
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This book is an outcome of the 34th International Conference EnviroInfo 2020, hosted virtually in Nicosia, Cyprus by the Research Centre on Interactive Media, Smart Systems and Emerging Technologies (RISE). It presents a selection of papers that describe innovative scientific approaches and ongoing research in environmental informatics and the emer...
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Industrial Symbiosis (IS) deals with the set-up of advanced circular/cascading systems, in which the energy and material flows are prolonged for multiple material and energetic (re-)utilization within industrial systems. To facilitate the technology-enabling environment of IS systems, this work deals with the identification of recurring patterns in...
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Industrial Symbiosis (IS) is a collaborative cross-sectoral approach to connect the resource supply and demand of various industries in order to optimize the resource use through exchange of materials, energy, water and human resources across different companies, while generating ecological, technical, social and economic benefits. One of the main...
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Industrial Symbiosis (IS) is a collaborative cross-sectoral approach to connect the resource supply and demand of various industries in order to optimize the resource use through exchange of materials, energy, water and human resources across different companies, while generating ecological, technical, social and economic benefits. One of the main...
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Industrial Symbiosis (IS) is a systematic and collective (business) approach to optimizing the use of materials and energy among cross-sectoral industries in order to initiate and exhaust extended cascading systems; it is associated with (synergistic) environmental, technical, social, and economic benefits. For monitoring and controlling the develo...
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This book is an outcome of the 33rd International Conference EnviroInfo 2019, held at the University of Kassel, Germany. It presents a selection of papers that describe innovative scientific approaches and ongoing research in environmental informatics and the emerging field of computational sustainability. The respective articles cover a broad rang...
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Durch eine detaillierte Datenbasis lässt sich Ressourceneffizienz in Produktionsprozessen oft deutlich erhöhen. Für mittelständische Betriebe bieten sich hier neben immer besseren Möglichkeiten der digitalen Vernetzung auch Methoden aus dem Stoffstrommanagement an.
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is one of the driving forces of the digital revolution in terms of the areas of application that already exist and those that are emerging as potential. One can envision the application field of Industrial Symbiosis (IS), so which potential role can AI play in the context of IS systems and how can AI support/contribute...
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is one of the driving forces of the digital revolution in terms of the areas of application that already exist and those that are emerging as potential. One can envision the application field of Industrial Symbiosis (IS), so which potential role can AI play in the context of IS systems and how can AI support/contribute...
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The development of sustainability requires techniques and tools to compare and measure the impacts caused on the environment by human activities for the provision of goods and services. Life cycle assessment(LCA) is the process of inspecting the environmental impacts, used resources and energy in each stage in the products life cycle starting from...
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This book presents research results of the 33rd edition of the long-standing and established international and interdisciplinary conference series on environmental information and communication technologies (Envirolnfo 2019). The conference was held on 23–26 September 2019 at the Center for Environmental Systems Research at the University of Kasse...
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Due to rising atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations, dwindling fossil fuel resources, and volatile oil prices, the substitution of fossil-based materials by their bio-based counterparts is urgently needed in the development of a sustainable chemical production industry.1,2 Succinic acid (SA), also known as butanedioic acid (C4H6O4), is one of t...
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In view of the rising world population and the rising demand for meat the environmental impacts of livestock production are rising, accordingly. On the other hand is the additional capability of the atmosphere very limited for the uptake of additional emissions. Many countries and the European Union have zero GHG emission targets, mostly set out fo...
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Das in der Arbeit behandelte Thema ist die Produktlebenszyklusanalyse und die informationstechnischen Möglichkeiten diese fachgerecht abzubilden. Im Vordergrund steht die Erfassung der Umweltauswirkungen, unter der Berücksichtigung der gesamten Lebensdauer eines Produktes, die mit der Herstellung beginnt und mit der Entsorgung endet. In der Wissens...
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Im Projekt "MFCA mobil" soll die Weiterentwicklung eines bereits als Prototyp bestehenden Werkzeugs zur mobilen Erfassung und Visualisierung von Stoffströmen zu einem attraktiven Softwaresystem für die Unterstützung von Ressourceneffizienz in Unternehmen realisiert werden. Es baut unter anderem auf dem DBU-Projekt "Mobile Unterstützung eines prozes...
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In the context of IT for Green, the potential of the Material Flow Cost Accounting (MFCA) method has not yet been fully unleashed. Using the advantages of mobile data acquisition for material and energy flows, for instance right at a production plant, makes it easier to identify optimization potentials in sustainability management. Tapping this pot...
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The article gives a description of the method of material flow cost accounting. Secondly general obstacles and capabilities are described. The gathering of the necessary data is a serious problem for applying companies. A series of software requirements, with the potential to reduce the problem, were determined through a usability study and are pre...
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Industrial Symbiosis (IS) is an emerging business tool with a systemic and collaborative approach to optimize and close cycles of materials and energy by identifying synergies and fostering cross-sectoral cooperation among economic actors. The major facilitator of revealing IS opportunities for organizations is both analyzing the status quo with qu...
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In diesem Tagungsband zu den 10. BUIS-Tagen (20. Tagung der Fachgruppe Betriebliche Umweltinformationssysteme der Gesellschaft für Informatik e. V.) werden Thematiken „smarter“ Städte und Regionen unter Einsatz von nachhaltigen IKT-Lösungen in Beiträgen aus Wissenschaft und Praxis vorgestellt. Betriebliche Umweltinformationssysteme erfassen, analys...
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The Material Flow Cost Accounting (MFCA) method is used in particular to quantify material and waste streams of a production system in physical and monetary units. For example, among the waste streams of a restaurant, used fat and leftovers are to be found as organic waste. Based on this, the potentially usable bioenergy can be approximately calcul...
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This book presents the latest findings and ongoing research in the field of environmental informatics. It addresses a wide range of cross-cutting activities such as efficient computing, virtual reality, disruption management, big data, open science and internet of things, and showcases how these green information & communication technologies (ICT)...
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Die Materialflusskostenrechnung ermöglicht das Auffinden von Material-und Energieeinsparungspotentialen mit einem Fokus auf die Reduzierung von Kosten. Die Methode ist prädestiniert für eine systematische Softwareunterstützung, aber bisher stehen erst wenige Werkzeuge zur Verfügung. Der vorliegende Beitrag soll einen Ansatz vorstellen, mit dem die...
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The logistics sector is the third largest economic sector in Germany after the automotive industry and trade. In 2016, a turnover of approximately 258 billion euros was achieved. A special challenge of logistics is the constant urbanization. In 2015, around 75.3 % of Germany's total population was already living in cities. The resulting high demand...
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In light of advancements in information technology, economic innovation and changing demands for environmental information, information systems are of great importance as it is the basic fundament for a broader agenda of environmental management and sustainable development within and be-tween companies. In the field of information systems, the full...
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Um den heutigen Umweltproblemen und Nachhaltigkeitsherausforderungen angemessen zu begegnen, ist die Mitwirkung der Industrie gefordert. Innovative Ansätze sind notwendig, um Unternehmen einen Anreiz zu bieten, sich an dem Prozess der Steigerung der Ressourceneffizienz und-produktivität zu beteiligen und somit einen Weg der nachhaltigen Entwicklung...
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For more than a decade, one term in particular has been shaping the discussion when it comes to environmentally related visions of the future: sustainable development1. Especially the industrial sector should leverage their current path of business-as-usual to a more sustainable trajectory by means of inter alia resource efficiency and cleaner prod...
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This book presents the latest findings and ongoing research in the field of environmental informatics. It addresses a wide range of cross-cutting activities such as recent advances in environmental informatics, Internet of Things technologies, challenges in ICT-technologies, disaster management, energy aware software-engineering and development, en...
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In light of advancements in information technology, economic innovation and changing demands for environmental information, information systems are of great importance as it is the basic fundament for a broader agenda of environmental management and sustainable development within and be-tween companies. In the field of information systems, the full...
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An energy- and resource-friendly production is an important key performance indicator for industrial companies to work economically and thus remain competitive. For this software systems are necessary for analysis, evaluation, diagnosis and planning. Thanks to intensive research efforts in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) a number of AI ba...
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This book presents the latest findings and ongoing research in connection with green information systems and green information & communication technology (ICT). It provides valuable insights into a broad range of cross-cutting concerns in ICT and the environmental sciences, and showcases how ICT can be used to effectively address environmental and...
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In diesem Tagungsband zu den 9. BUIS-Tagen (19. Tagung der Fachgruppe Betriebliche Umweltinformationssysteme der Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V.) werden aktuelle Themen des nachhaltigen Einsatzes von IT-Lösungen präsentiert – neben Fragen der nachhaltigen Gestaltung von und mit Betrieblichen Umweltinformationssystemen, Green Events, Nachhaltigkeit...
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Die Anforderungen an eine moderne IT haben sich grundlegend erweitert. Stand früher noch der Betrieb der eigenen Produktion im Mittelpunkt, wird heute zunehmend der gesamte Lebenszyklus von Produkten und Fabriken betrachtet. Treiber einer solchen Entwicklung ist der immanente Konkurrenzdruck der Unternehmen. Besonders mittelständische Unternehmen s...
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Der vorliegende Beitrag gibt einen Überblick über verschiedene Vorgehensmodelle zur Softwareentwicklung und stellt die jeweilige Einbindung der Benutzerperspektive in Form der Usability Evaluation dar. Eine Analyse der Vor-und Nachteile des Status Quo soll Verbesse-rungspotentiale in diesem Bereich aufzeigen, die für die Entwicklung betrieblicher U...
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Die Idee, Vorteile des Spiels für sozialrelevante Bereiche zu nutzen, Spiele generell also auch in einem positiven Sinne zu instrumentalisieren, ist nicht neu. Dabei standen digitale Spielformen lange unter Verdacht, sich für vermeintlich ernsthafte und sozial relevante Zwecke nicht zu eignen. Der immer selbstverständlichere Umgang mit digitalen Sp...
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Dieses Paper beschäftigt sich mit der nachhaltigen Prozessoptimierung mit Hilfe einer Software, die den bisher hauptsächlich ökonomisch orientierten Ansatz einer ereignisdiskreten Simulation nutzt und diesen mit LCA-Daten aus der ecoinvent-Datenbank verknüpft. Am konkreten Beispiel der Astronergy Solarmodule GmbH in Frankfurt (Oder) wird auf diese...
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This paper addresses theoretical differences between the perceived content of social sustainability and different socially attributed capital stocks, as for example, rather transaction oriented so called social capital, human capital or societal capital. It does so, by mapping different aspects from existing capital approaches to social sustainabil...
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This book presents the latest findings and ongoing research in the field of green information systems as well as green information and communication technology (ICT). It provides insights into a whole range of cross-cutting concerns in ICT and environmental sciences and showcases how information and communication technologies allow environmental an...
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Der vorliegende Beitrag beschreibt die Zielsetzung und Konzeption einer mobilen Anwendung zur Unterstützung des prozessorientierten Stoffstrommanagements in kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen. Mit Hilfe von Sankey-Diagrammen sollen Fragen der Ressourceneffizienz in produzierenden Unternehmen durch eine einfache vor Ort Veranschaulichung von Material...
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Die Planung, Entwicklung und das Management eines Industrie- und Gewerbestandortes unter Umwelt- und Nachhaltigkeitsaspekten stellt sowohl für Standortentwickler als auch Unternehmen eine große Herausforderung dar. Eine Unterstützung der Aufgaben durch IKT-gestützte Anwendungen scheint dabei nur logisch. Ausgehend von der Betrachtung von Hauptmerkm...
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In der nationalen Nachhaltigkeitsstrategie und in den konkreten Stadtentwicklungskonzepten Berlins, wie der Smart City-Strategie Berlins, stehen Ressourceneffizienzziele im Fokus. Eine Schlüsselrolle sollen Informations-und Kommunikationstechnologien in allen Handlungsfeldern, wie z.B. Infrastruktur, Mobi-lität, Wirtschaft oder Wohnen, übernehmen,...
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Zum Schutz ihrer Angestellten müssen Unternehmen in Deutschland Gefährdungsbeurteilungen nach dem Arbeitsschutzgesetz und der Bildschirmarbeitsverordnung, durchführen und dokumentieren. Die HTW Berlin setzt dafür ein nach den einschlägigen Regelungen entwickeltes Formblatt ein, welches im Anschluss von den beteiligten Personen unterschrieben und de...
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Dieser Beitrag diskutiert die Ziele, das didaktische Konzept und die Inhalte der Lehrveranstaltung „Umwelt, Informatik und Gesellschaft“ im Studiengang Umweltinformatik an der HTW Berlin und stellt die als Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) konzipierte E-Learning-Lösung für die Lehrverantsaltung vor.
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Der nachfolgende Beitrag gibt einen Überblick über die Einsatzbereiche von betrieblichen Umweltinformationssystemen (BUIS) in der Praxis und leitet hieraus sich ergebene Entwicklungspfade ab. Es wird hier vornehmlich der Status Quo der gegenwärtigen Software-landschaft im Bereich der Produktion und Planung betrieblicher Maßnahmen im Kontext des bet...
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Für kleine und mittlere Unternehmen gerät das Thema ressourceneffiziente Produktion vermehrt in den Fokus. Der Einsatz von Informationssystemen ist hier unabdingbar, und viele Unternehmen können bereits auf eine Datengrundlage, jedoch oftmals in unterschiedlicher Quali-tät, zurückgreifen. Standardprodukte können diese Daten nicht integrieren und si...
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Die Augmented Reality (AR) ist ein spannender Bereich für die Erkennung von Objek-ten, ohne das weitere Maßnahmen des Anwenders benötigt werden. Dieses Verfahren ist nicht wirklich neu, da schon in den 1990er Jahren viele Artikel zu diesem Thema veröffentlicht wurden. Jedoch erfährt die AR erst seit einigen Jahren ein steigendes Interesse. Viele An...
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Mit dem Glossar zur Basiszertifizierung CPUX-F des UXQB stehen Definitionen zu grundlegenden Begriffen und Konzepten aus dem Fachgebiet Usability und User Experience zur Verfügung. Für das Selbststudium des Glossars wurde ein webbasierte Hypertext erzeugt (" Usability-Glossar "). Alternativ oder zusätzlich kann über ein Frage-und-Antwort-Spiel (" U...

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