| Title |
Life Cycle Analysis of Material Efficiency Strategies for Network Goods |
| ID_Doc |
16286 |
| Authors |
Serrano, AMG; Vaija, MS |
| Title |
Life Cycle Analysis of Material Efficiency Strategies for Network Goods |
| Year |
2022 |
| Published |
International Journal Of Automation Technology, 16, 6 |
| DOI |
10.20965/ijat.2022.p0696 |
| Abstract |
Life cycle assessment (LCA) is the internationally adopted tool to assess environmental footprint. How-ever, as highlighted by Billstein et al. [3] and Arushanyan [4] carrying out an LCA for ICT equip-ment is a challenging task due, to the amount of data that should be collected to achieve accurate results. This paper describes how documents such as full ma-terials declarations can be used to solve this issue. Furthermore, the circular economy concept is intro-duced by analyzing alternative business models and the ITU-T L.1023 on circular economy scoring. Even if LCA was considered as a criterion in the L.1023 the link is not always straightforward between these two methods. Hence, this paper investigates how LCA re-sults can be linked to the L.1023 criteria and proposes new criteria, for instance on recycled metals content and modularity. |
| Author Keywords |
life cycle assessment; circular economy; material efficiency; ICT network equipment |
| Index Keywords |
Index Keywords |
| Document Type |
Other |
| Open Access |
Open Access |
| Source |
Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) |
| EID |
WOS:000917123000003 |
| WoS Category |
Automation & Control Systems |
| Research Area |
Automation & Control Systems |
| PDF |
https://doi.org/10.20965/ijat.2022.p0696
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