Information and communications technologies and sustainability

Author

Matthews, H. Scott

Author_Institution

Dept. of Civil & Environ. Eng., Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2003

fDate

5-8 Oct. 2003

Firstpage

1760

Abstract

Information and communications technologies are a double-edged sword, allowing us to better manage systems such as the environment and energy use. However ICTs are also very resource intensive. The net effect is unclear. In this paper, the major issues related to the life cycle energy and environmental components of ICT are presented. Issues discussed include impacts from manufacturing, using, and disposing of ICT and ICT systems, including e-commerce purchases, wired and wireless communications.

Keywords

electronic commerce; energy conservation; environmental management; information technology; life cycle costing; sustainable development; telecommunication; ICT systems; communications technologies; e-commerce purchases; energy use; environment; information technologies; life cycle energy; manufacturing; sustainability; wired communications; wireless communications; Bandwidth; Communications technology; Marketing and sales; Personal digital assistants; Portable computers; Power engineering and energy; Production; Telecommunication computing; Telephony; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 2003. IEEE International Conference on

ISSN

1062-922X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7952-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSMC.2003.1244666

Filename

1244666