| Author: | Zurkirch, M. Reichart, I. |
| Title: | Environmental impacts of telecommunication services: two life-cycle analysis studies |
| Journal: | Greener Management International
2000 : WINTER, 32, p. 70-88 |
| Index terms: | TELECOMMUNICATION ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | Life-cycle assessment is applied to various telecommunication services in order to measure their impact on the environment. The peripheral modules such as printing, scanning or writing a document often generate a larger burden than the transfer of data itself, via e-mail or postal service. |
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