Grey energy and environmental impacts of ICT hardware

Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing

Volumn 310, Issue , 2015, Pages 171-189

  Hischier, Roland ^a   Coroama, Vlad C ^b   Schien, Daniel ^c   Achachlouei, Mohammad Ahmadi ^d  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b Measure IT Research   (Romania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cumulative energy demand; Grey energy; ICT hardware; Information and communication technology; Life cycle assessment; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER HARDWARE; DATA TRANSFER; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HARDWARE; INTERNET; LIFE CYCLE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CUMULATIVE ENERGY DEMANDS; ENERGY REQUIREMENTS; ENTIRE LIFE CYCLES; GREY ENERGY; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; INTERNET SERVICES; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); TOTAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84927629296     PISSN: 21945357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-09228-7_10     Document Type: Article

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