Essays about: "ICT-products"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 essays containing the word ICT-products.

  1. 1. Carbon Footprint of an Internet Service Provider : Exploring the carbon reduction potentials of a residential router applying EcoDesign

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Moritz Tjard Kübler; [2022]
    Keywords : ICT industry; carbon footprint; EcoDesign; GHG emissions; IKT-industrin; koldioxidavtryck; ekodesign; växthusgasutsläpp;

    Abstract : Global Warming is accelerated by human activity since the industrial revolution. We are currently experiencing the 4th industrial revolution with recent breakthroughs and rapid developments in digitalization, Industry 4.0 and Internet of Things (IoT). READ MORE

  3. 2. Quantification of emissions in the ICT sector – a comparative analysis of the Product Life Cycle Assessment and Spend-based methods. : Optimal value chain accounting (Scope 3, category 1)

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för byggd miljö och energiteknik (BET)

    Author : Abhishek kumar Rajesh Jha; [2022]
    Keywords : ICT sector; Scope 3 category 1 emissions or Optimal value chain emissions; CO2e emissions; GHG protocol; PLCA; Spend-based; Smartphones; Laptops; Display; Printed Wiring Board; Integrated Circuit; Solid State Drive; EMLCA; Sensitivity analysis Uncertainty analysis.;

    Abstract : Considering the rapid increase in the ICT (Information & Communication Technology) products in use, there is a risk of an increase in GHG emissions and electronic waste accumulation in the ICT sector. Therefore, it becomes important to account for the emissions in the ICT sector in order to take steps to mitigate them. READ MORE

  4. 3. Circularity in ICT Supply Chain Management : Assessing material efficiency in inventory management for circularity at Ericsson

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

    Author : Tove Karlsson; Lovisa Torfgård; [2020]
    Keywords : Circular economy; Sustainability; ICT products; Rework; Reuse; Modularization; Excess inventory; Barriers to improved inventory management;

    Abstract : In the currently dominating linear economy, there is a strong focus on the forward supply of products, where products and materials are being replaced and wasted at an increasing pace. In addition to this, there are products not even reaching customers, being scrapped as a result of them being excess in inventories. READ MORE

  5. 4. Important system updates needed! : Masculinised logics and gendered path dependence in the European Union’s cybercrime institutions

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Felicia Rhedin; [2020]
    Keywords : cybersecurity; cybercrime; European Union; EU; EC3; feminist institutionalism; path dependence; cyber violence; VAW; VAWG; cybersäkerhet; cyberbrottslighet; EU; feministisk institutionalism; stigberoende; cybervåld;

    Abstract : This thesis approaches the EU’s cybersecurity discourse from a feminist angle, using a theoretical perspective based on feminist institutionalism and path dependence. The aim is to explore what conceptual logics make it possible for the EU to conceptualise cybersecurity and -crime “problems” in a genderblind way. READ MORE

  6. 5. Pointing in circles is not a way to circular economy : Barriers to a circular use of ICT products from a user organisation’s perspective

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

    Author : Catja Carlson; Sara Österberg; [2019]
    Keywords : Circular economy; Sustainability; ICT products; Circular electronics; Reuse; Refurbishment; Barriers to circular economy; Management; Cirkulär ekonomi; Hållbarhet; ICT-produkter; Cirkulär elektronik; Återanvändning; Rekonditionering; Barriärer för en cirkulär ekonomi; Ledning;

    Abstract : The circular economy, in which products, materials and resources circle back into the system rather than ending up as waste, offers the possibility to decouple economic growth from environmental degradation. For the sector of information and communication technologies (ICT), where the products contain a wide range of critical raw materials and have a large environmental impact during their manufacturing phase, a shift from today’s linear consumption is especially important. READ MORE