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Life Cycle Assessment of Network Traffic: A Review of Challenges and Possible Solutions
IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-0123-7064
IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3455-5680
2021 (English)In: Sustainability, E-ISSN 2071-1050, Vol. 13, no 20, p. 11155-11155Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

The climate impacts of data traffic have historically been the least studied part of the information and communication technology sector, and there is currently no consensus on how to correctly assess it. Results show that eight key challenges exist.

Abstract [sv]

Miljöpåverkan av datatrafik har historiskt sett varit den minst studerade delen av ICT sektorn, och det finns för närvarande ingen konsensus kring hur man korrekt bedömer den. Resultaten från studien visar att det finns åtta viktiga utmaningar.

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MDPI, 2021. Vol. 13, no 20, p. 11155-11155
Keywords [en]
Life cycle assessment; LCA; network traffic; data traffic; data transmission; challenges; environmental impact; ICT; electricity intensity
Keywords [sv]
Livscykelanalys, LCA, datatraffik, nätverk, datorhall, miljöanalys, miljöpåverkan, ICT, informationsteknik, teknologi, industriell ekologi, klimatförändring
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Environmental Management
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Sustainable urban planning
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URN: urn:nbn:se:ivl:diva-3915DOI: 10.3390/su132011155OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ivl-3915DiVA, id: diva2:1636287
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