UPC ICT4D
Carbonalyser
Analyse Internet usage carbon footprint
https://addons.mozilla.org/fr/firefox/addon/carbonalyser/
Results area - features:
Time during which the device has been running, from the start of the analysis,
Quantity of data generated by Internet browsing,
Electricity consumption generated by data traffic,
GHG emissions this leads to,
Comparison of GHG emitted by browsing and GHG emitted by charging a smartphone,
Comparison of GHG emitted by browsing and GHG emitted by driving a car.
The
box "How to change that? What responsibility?" links to publications
from The Shift Project about environmental impact of our digital uses
and solutions we have at individual and collective scales.
1 hour of Netflix viewing is equivalent to 100 gEqCO2. So what?
https://greenspector.com/en/one-hour-of-netflix-viewing-is-equivalent-to-100-geqco2/
What is important is that this metric will allow service designers to track their improvement. With the details of this impact, they will be able to identify the hotspots. It will allow you to compare yourself to a competitor and to position yourself.
Anatomy of an AI System
The Amazon Echo as an anatomical map of human labor, data and planetary resources
By Kate Crawford 1 and Vladan Joler 2
(2018)
https://anatomyof.ai/
We finally know how bad for the environment your Netflix habit is
Streaming platforms finally have a tool to evaluate the size of their carbon footprint. Now they need to take action and go green
El 'cloud' rebaja la huella de carbono en 60 millones de toneladas anuales
https://www.expansion.com/economia-digital/innovacion/2020/10/27/5f96c1f1e5fdea41478b4593.html
La migración a la nube pública puede lograr una reducción significativa del CO2, disminuyendo casi un 6% las emisiones de tecnologías de la información, según Accenture.
4.5 Life Cycle Management and Sustainability
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- Describe life cycle management.
- Discuss the phases of a product life cycle.
- Understand the role that life cycle assessment can have in sustainability reporting.
- Discuss the key considerations in carbon and water footprint analysis.
- Explain the benefits of assessing the supply chain for sustainability.