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Abstract
The use of information and communication technology and the web-based products it provides is responsible for significant emissions of greenhouse gases. In order to enable the reduction of emissions during the design of such products, it is necessary to estimate as accurately as possible their carbon impact over the
entire product system. In this work we describe a new method which combines models of energy consumption during the use of digital media with models of the behavior of the audience. We apply this method to conduct an assessment of the annual carbon emissions for the product suite of a major international news
organization. We then demonstrate its use for green design by evaluating the impacts of five different interventions on the product suite. We find that carbon footprint of the online newspaper amounts to approximately 7600 tCO2e per year, of which 75% are caused by the user devices. Among the evaluated scenarios a significant uptake of eReaders in favor of PCs has the greatest reduction potential. Our results also show that even a significant reduction of data volume on a web page would only result in small overall energy savings.
entire product system. In this work we describe a new method which combines models of energy consumption during the use of digital media with models of the behavior of the audience. We apply this method to conduct an assessment of the annual carbon emissions for the product suite of a major international news
organization. We then demonstrate its use for green design by evaluating the impacts of five different interventions on the product suite. We find that carbon footprint of the online newspaper amounts to approximately 7600 tCO2e per year, of which 75% are caused by the user devices. Among the evaluated scenarios a significant uptake of eReaders in favor of PCs has the greatest reduction potential. Our results also show that even a significant reduction of data volume on a web page would only result in small overall energy savings.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on World-Wide Web |
Subtitle of host publication | WWW 2013 |
Place of Publication | Geneva, Switzerland |
Publisher | ACM Press / Sheridan |
Pages | 1111-1122 |
Number of pages | 11 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 978-1-4503-2035-1 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-1-4503-2035-1 |
Publication status | Published - 13 May 2013 |
Research Groups and Themes
- Bristol Interaction Group
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Rework of Rework of SYMPACT: Tools for assessing energy impact of tech transformations
Preist, C. W. (Principal Investigator)
1/12/10 → 1/12/12
Project: Research