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Effects of ICT on the Environment and Indicators for Their Measurement

Year: 2023

Type: article

Abstract: The relationship between ICTs and the environment is complex and multifaceted, as ICTs can play positive and negative roles. The article's main idea is how the ICT sector can help tackle climate change, from measurement, monitoring, and automation of processes to self-organizing the sector to refurbish and ecologically scrape ICT hardware. The life cycle of services must be managed to minimize their impact on the environment – management of production, use, and end of life. Based on the analysis, the current article identified some groups of indicators used in the proposed model to estimate the ICT footprint. This information contributes to a more accurate measurement of any company the effect on the environment.

Source: International Journal of Environmental Engineering and Development

DOI: 10.37394/232033.2023.1.14

Authors: Radoslav Yoshinov, Rumen Trifonov, Galya Pavlova, Daniela Borissova

Institutions: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Technical University of Sofia, Institute of Information and Communication Technologies

Language: English

Topic: Green IT and Sustainability

Subfield: Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Field: Engineering

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDGs: Responsible consumption and production, Climate action, Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Open Access status: bronze

Funder: Bulgarian National Science Fund