Green Automation: Increasing Sustainability, from Industry to Our Home

Environmental issues are a growing concern for our society, and should deserve increased attention, given the extremely negative climate changes which have been taking place. Emissions of greenhouse gases, excessive dependence on fossil fuels, growing consumption of power energy, and exacerbated consumption of materials are some of the problems that need to be addressed urgently. Some of these problems can be overcome through ingenious solutions based on automation. This book aims to make a contribution precisely in this sense, criticizing the current state of society in general and providing some solutions that can be used as a basis for the development of more environmentally friendly systems.

Francisco J. G. Silva is Professor at ISEP, Polytechnic of Porto, since 1995, author and co-author of around 300 published articles, author and co-author/co-editor of more than 15 books published internationally, manager of more than 25 Special Issues in journals indexed by Clarivate Analytics, reviewer of more than 800 papers for the most diverse publishers and journals, belonging to several Scientific Committees of indexed journals, and also being Associate Editor of some journals. To date, he has supervised more than 200 master’s theses and around 10 doctoral theses.