Title :
Eco design of IT society-an analysis of the environmental effects of IT diffusion by using a CGE model
Author :
Matsumoto, Mitsutaka ; Irie, Yasuko ; Fujimoto, Jun
Author_Institution :
NEC, Japan
Abstract :
In this research, we estimated the effects of IT diffusion on the total CO/sub 2/ emissions of the Japanese economy. We based our evaluation on a computable general equilibrium model (CGE model), which is a modeling method generally used in economics to analyze structural economic changes. Based on the framework, we calculated the CO/sub 2/ emissions of Japan for two cases: "the status quo", and "a (hypothetical) advanced IT-oriented economy". Comparing the calculated CO/sub 2/ emissions enabled us to determine the environmental effects of the diffusion of IT. Our results indicate that an advanced IT revolution would potentially reduce CO/sub 2/ emissions by 36.3 million tons of CO/sub 2/, which corresponds to 3.1% of the total CO/sub 2/ emissions of the Japanese economy. We show the details of the evaluations and discuss the key factors which enable \´eco design\´ of IT society.
Keywords :
design for environment; ecology; economic indicators; environmental factors; environmental science computing; information technology; CGE model; CO/sub 2/ emissions; IT diffusion; IT oriented economy; IT revolution; IT society; Japanese economy; computable general equilibrium model; ecology design; environmental effects; modeling; structural economic changes; Environmental factors; Information technology;
Conference_Titel :
Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing, 2003. EcoDesign '03. 2003 3rd International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Tokyo, Japan
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8590-x
DOI :
10.1109/ECODIM.2003.1322666
