Environmental assessment of information technology products using a triage approach

Autor: Jennifer Mangold, Jeremy Gregory, Christopher L. Weber, Elsa Olivetti, Ramzy Abedrabbo, Sarah Boyd, Melissa L. Zgola, Randolph Kirchain, Eric Williams
Rok vydání: 2011
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Zdroj: Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology.
DOI: 10.1109/issst.2011.5936852
Popis: There is growing need for effective and efficient environmental assessment tools for information technology (IT) products. This paper presents a streamlined life cycle analysis (LCA) methodology using a screening and triage approach. The methodology is applied to the case study of liquid crystal displays (LCDs). Global warming potential uncertainty is reduced by identifying and resolving uncertainty around key drivers of impact. The resolution of impact continues until a meaningful level of reduction of uncertainty is achieved, such as the ability to discriminate one class of LCD from another.
Databáze: OpenAIRE