Grey Energy and Environmental Impacts of ICT Hardware

Hischier, Roland; Coroamă, Vlad C.; Schien, Daniel; Achachlouei, Mohammad Ahmadi

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-09228-7_10

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“…[14] Economy Decoupling obviously requires some substitution of resources at some level of the system. 11 To make a transition toward sustainable development possible, we must increase our understanding of technological substitution and focus on innovation that drives substitution in a sustainable direction.…”

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ICT for Sustainability: An Emerging Research Field

Hilty

Aebischer²

2014

Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing

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This introductory chapter provides definitions of sustainability, sustainable development, decoupling, and related terms; gives an overview of existing interdisciplinary research fields related to ICT for Sustainability, including Environmental Informatics, Computational Sustainability, Sustainable HCI, and Green ICT; introduces a conceptual framework to structure the effects of ICT on sustainability; and provides an overview of this book. Abstract. This introductory chapter provides definitions of sustainability, sustainable development, decoupling, and related terms; gives an overview of existing interdisciplinary research fields related to ICT for Sustainability, including Environmental Informatics, Computational Sustainability, Sustainable HCI, and Green ICT; introduces a conceptual framework to structure the effects of ICT on sustainability; and provides an overview of this book.

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ICT for Sustainability: An Emerging Research Field

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Aebischer²

2014

Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing

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“…The ReCiPe was selected considering that it is often used in LCA of EEE (e.g. [11]; [19]; [20]) and that the method allows fulfillment of the requirement of ISO standards which prescribes a selection of impact categories that reflects a comprehensive set of environmental issues related to the product system [21].…”

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What are the environmental benefits of increasing the WEEE treatment in France?

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2016 Electronics Goes Green 2016+ (EGG)

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is an open access repository that collects the work of Arts et Métiers ParisTech researchers and makes it freely available over the web where possible. AbstractIn France is estimated a generation of about 17 and 23 kg per year of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) per inhabitant, however, in 2014, the return rate for household WEEE hardly reaches 38% of the total market input. The French regulation targets a higher collection rate for the next years: 45% between 2016 and 2019, and 65% after 2019. Besides complying with the regulations, improving WEEE treatment represents an environmental and economic opportunity. The aim of this work was to quantify the benefits of improving the treatment of WEEE in France by the life cycle assessment methodology. A mobile phone charger was selected as a case study, and three scenarios were assessed based on the actual collection rate and the future recycling targets. The optimization of the reverse logistic and the transition to renewable energies are crucial points to reduce the environmental impacts of the recycling channel.

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“…For technically more powerful workstations, a study done by the Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation (MCC) in 1993 estimated the production-related energy demand to be 25 GJ [92]. The two chapters by Hischier et al [93,94] in this volume provide detailed updates on LCA studies of desktop, laptop and tablet computers, including comparisons between production and use phase impact.…”

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The Energy Demand of ICT: A Historical Perspective and Current Methodological Challenges

Aebischer¹,

Hilty

2014

Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing

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This chapter provides an overview of energy demand issues in the field of ICT with a focus on the history of measuring, modelling and regulating ICT electricity consumption and the resulting methodological challenges. While the energy efficiency of ICT hardware has been dramatically improving and will continue to improve for some decades, the overall energy used for ICT is still increasing. The growing demand for ICT devices and services outpaces the efficiency gains of individual devices. Worldwide per capita ICT electricity consumption exceeded 100 kWh/year in 2007 (a value which roughly doubles if entertainment equipment is included) and is further increasing. Methodological challenges include issues of data collection and modelling ICT devices and services, assessing the entire life cycle of ICT devices and infrastructures, ac-counting for embedded ICT, and assessing the effect of software on ICT energy consumption. Abstract. This chapter provides an overview of energy demand issues in the field of ICT with a focus on the history of measuring, modelling and regulating ICT electricity consumption and the resulting methodological challenges. While the energy efficiency of ICT hardware has been dramatically improving and will continue to improve for some decades, the overall energy used for ICT is still increasing. The growing demand for ICT devices and services outpaces the efficiency gains of individual devices. Worldwide per capita ICT electricity consumption exceeded 100 kWh/year in 2007 (a value which roughly doubles if entertainment equipment is included) and is further increasing. Methodological challenges include issues of data collection and modelling ICT devices and services, assessing the entire life cycle of ICT devices and infrastructures, accounting for embedded ICT, and assessing the effect of software on ICT energy consumption.

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Grey Energy and Environmental Impacts of ICT Hardware

Cited by 30 publications

References 30 publications

ICT for Sustainability: An Emerging Research Field

ICT for Sustainability: An Emerging Research Field

What are the environmental benefits of increasing the WEEE treatment in France?

The Energy Demand of ICT: A Historical Perspective and Current Methodological Challenges

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