Die Konferenz Wissenschaft im Wandel versammelte am 13.November 2018 zahlreiche Expert(inn)en österreichischer Hochschulen. Die Teilnehmenden diskutierten, wie Hochschulen Forschung, Lehre und Organisation verändern müssen, um einen substanziellen Beitrag zu nachhaltiger
Entwicklung leisten zu können.
Inequalities are extending their scope in the wrong direction, impacting such dimensions as health care, quality education or safety in the way of living. The Sustainable Development Goal 10 "Reduced Inequalities" aims to establish equality among nations and within countries themselves. At the same time, technology and information systems have rapidly been integrated in our daily life during the previous decade and will continue to gain significant attention due to approaches such as artificial intelligence or deep learning. This matter under concern does not only affect individuals and communities but also businesses and economies on a global scale. Hence, this paper will take in hand the connection between information systems and the progress towards sustainable development with a particular emphasis on inequalities in developing countries.
Das Buch Chancen und Grenzen der Nachhaltigkeitstransformation. Ökonomische und soziologische Perspektiven verdeutlicht, wie facettenreich der Transformationsbegriff ist. Letztlich bleibt kein gesellschaftlicher Bereich ausgeklammert, wenn eine ,,große Transformation“
in Richtung einer nachhaltigen Entwicklung angestrebt wird.
Greener households? The effectiveness of smart meters in reducing energy consumption levels in the DACH region This document is the publisher-created published version.http://epub.wu.ac.at/ M. Bauer, et al., Int. J. Sus. Dev. Plann. Vol. 13, No. 2 (2018) ABSTRACT With public opinion shifting to a believe in climate change in the early 2000s the interest in energy efficiency has been increasing. EU Directives set the goal of deploying smart meters if cost efficient for providing more detailed energy consumption. The main goal is to better inform consumers and to give individual households the power to change possibly energy wasting behaviours. This paper evaluates through a literature review the effectiveness of intelligent electricity metering systems with a focus on the DACH region, the provision of different types of feedback and its persistence. It can be concluded that energy feedback enabled by smart meters can lead to savings in the range of 0% to 4.5% in this region. If feedback is provided continuously savings persist. However, several aspects have to be considered to ensure effectiveness of smart meter deployment.
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