The Web as a Common Language Towards Software Sustainability
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The document discusses software sustainability and how using the web as a common language can help achieve it. It defines software sustainability as a product's ability to operate over long periods of time without degrading itself or the environment. Using ubiquitous, open web standards and tools allows software to be more flexible, reusable, adaptable, reliable, scalable, and supported. This helps lower costs and increase popularity. Two examples are given: a tourist mobile app for Cyprus that lets users find nearby attractions, get directions and reviews; and a web-based smart home system that could adjust devices and filter controls.
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The Internet of Things (IoT) allows physical devices that live inside smart homes, offices, roads, electricity networks and city infrastructures to seamlessly communicate through the Internet while the forthcoming Web of Things (WoT) ensures interoperability at the application level through standardized Web technologies and protocols. In this presentation, we explain the concepts of the IoT and the WoT and their potential through various applications in the aforementioned domains. Then, we examine how the IoT/WoT can be used in the agri-food industry in order to enable novel smart farming technologies and applications,considering the recent technological opportunities for big data analysis.
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In Proc. of the 12th International Wireless Communications & Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC), Paphos, Cyprus, September 2016.
Social Electricity User Manual
A comprehensive user manual of the Social Electricity application, including information related to how to register/login/use the main features of the app.
Social Electricity is an online application helping people to manage their personal consumption collaboratively, by interacting and comparing with friends, neighbours and other users from the Social Electricity community.
Social Electricity
Social Electricity is an online tool for managing personal energy consumption that allows users to track usage, set savings goals, compete in challenges against similar peers, learn about energy efficiency, and collaborate with other users through sharing knowledge and experiences. It provides breakdowns of appliance-level usage while respecting privacy, and aims to educate users on energy savings through games and materials comparing different countries and cultures in Europe.
Social Electricity Online Platform (SEOP) EU Project Description
Social Electricity Online Platform (SEOP) is a European project funded by the Lifelong Learning Programme. Started officially in January, 2014 with mission to develop online learning modules, educational content and online eco-feedback platforms, to raise the awareness and knowledge of citizens about energy, the environment and sustainability, by using modern educational techniques and learning approaches. An important achievement is Social Electricity, an online application helping people to manage their personal consumption collaboratively, by interacting and comparing with friends, neighbors and other users.
website: http://www.seop-project.eu/
Social Electricity:http://www.social-electricity.com
How the Internet can motivate you to switch off the lights
This presentation, entitled "How the Internet can motivate you to switch off the lights" explains how citizens can perform personal energy management by means of an online Web application called Social Electricity.
It was presented by Dr. Andreas Kamilaris to the Podium for New Scientists series of events, organized by the Youth Board of Cyprus, at Melina Merkouri house, Old Nicosia, Cyprus on 3rd March 2015. The event was attended by the Major of Nicosia and the Minister of Education of Cyprus.
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The Web as a Common Language Towards Software Sustainability
- 1. The Web as a Common Language Towards Software Sustainability Andreas Kamilaris STE, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 29 November 2013
- 4. “Software Sustainability can be defined as the ability of a designed product to operate over long periods of time without degrading itself or the environment”
- 7. A Tourist Guide Mobile App for Cyprus
- 9. Adjust Distance See Nearby Attractions Filter Attractions
- 10. See Popular Attractions View Directions to an Attraction
- 11. Create a Trip Plan Rate Attractions
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- 19. Thank You! Andreas Kamilaris email: camel9@gmail.com