Digital transformation - life cycle assessment of digital services, multifunctional devices and cloud computing

Itten, René; Hischier, Roland; Andrae, Anders S. G.; Bieser, Jan C. T.; Cabernard, Livia; Falke, Annemarie; Ferreboeuf, Hugues; Hilty, Lorenz M.; Keller, Regula; Lees-Perasso, Etienne; Preist, Chris; Stucki, Matthias

doi:10.1007/s11367-020-01801-0

Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-20632

Publication type:	Article in scientific journal
Type of review:	Peer review (publication)
Title:	Digital transformation - life cycle assessment of digital services, multifunctional devices and cloud computing
Authors:	Itten, René Hischier, Roland Andrae, Anders S. G. Bieser, Jan C. T. Cabernard, Livia Falke, Annemarie Ferreboeuf, Hugues Hilty, Lorenz M. Keller, Regula Lees-Perasso, Etienne Preist, Chris Stucki, Matthias
et. al:	Yes
DOI:	10.1007/s11367-020-01801-0 10.21256/zhaw-20632
Published in:	The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
Volume(Issue):	25
Issue:	10
Page(s):	2093
Pages to:	2098
Issue Date:	12-Aug-2020
Publisher / Ed. Institution:	Springer
ISSN:	0948-3349 1614-7502
Language:	English
Subjects:	Life Cycle Assessment; Digital Transformation; Digitalisation; Resources; Cloud computing; Multifunctionality; LCA; Rebound; Information Technology; ICT; Communication Technology
Subject (DDC):	004: Computer science 333: Economics of land and resources
Abstract:	The substitution of material-based services with digital services - for example films or music - alters the environmental impact of our everyday activities and shifts visible material use to less visible digital services. A holistic Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of digital transformation requires the assessment of information and communication technology (ICT) with its wide range of multifunctional devices as well as substitution and summation effects caused by new services enabled by modern ICT. The 73rd Discussion Forum on Life Cycle Assessment (DF LCA) was held on 21 November 2019 to discuss the environmental implications of digital transformation in view of the effective as well as the potential environmental impacts. While currently being a small, but already relevant contributor to the overall greenhouse gas emissions, the relevance of the ICT sector is predicted to grow rapidly within the next five to ten years. This one-day forum offered the possibility to discuss current as well as potential future implications of devices as well as digital services on the environment. The 73rd DF LCA was opened with a welcome address given by René Itten (Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland). The program comprised five distinct sessions in order to tackle just as much different aspects of environmental impacts caused by digital transformation as well as relevant challenges for the LCA methodology:
URI:	https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/20632
Fulltext version:	Published version
License (according to publishing contract):	CC BY-SA 4.0: Attribution - Share alike 4.0 International
Departement:	Life Sciences and Facility Management
Organisational Unit:	Institute of Natural Resource Sciences (IUNR)
Published as part of the ZHAW project:	Lebensdauerverlängerung für Mobilgeräte
Appears in collections:	Publikationen Life Sciences und Facility Management

Files in This Item:

File	Description	Size	Format
2020_Itten_Digital_transformation_Journal_of_Life_Cycle_Assessment.pdf		291.28 kB	Adobe PDF	View/Open

Show full item record

Itten, R., Hischier, R., Andrae, A. S. G., Bieser, J. C. T., Cabernard, L., Falke, A., Ferreboeuf, H., Hilty, L. M., Keller, R., Lees-Perasso, E., Preist, C., & Stucki, M. (2020). Digital transformation - life cycle assessment of digital services, multifunctional devices and cloud computing. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 25(10), 2093–2098. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11367-020-01801-0

Itten, R. et al. (2020) ‘Digital transformation - life cycle assessment of digital services, multifunctional devices and cloud computing’, The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 25(10), pp. 2093–2098. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11367-020-01801-0.

R. Itten et al., “Digital transformation - life cycle assessment of digital services, multifunctional devices and cloud computing,” The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, vol. 25, no. 10, pp. 2093–2098, Aug. 2020, doi: 10.1007/s11367-020-01801-0.

ITTEN, René, Roland HISCHIER, Anders S. G. ANDRAE, Jan C. T. BIESER, Livia CABERNARD, Annemarie FALKE, Hugues FERREBOEUF, Lorenz M. HILTY, Regula KELLER, Etienne LEES-PERASSO, Chris PREIST und Matthias STUCKI, 2020. Digital transformation - life cycle assessment of digital services, multifunctional devices and cloud computing. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. 12 August 2020. Bd. 25, Nr. 10, S. 2093–2098. DOI 10.1007/s11367-020-01801-0

Itten, René, Roland Hischier, Anders S. G. Andrae, Jan C. T. Bieser, Livia Cabernard, Annemarie Falke, Hugues Ferreboeuf, et al. 2020. “Digital Transformation - Life Cycle Assessment of Digital Services, Multifunctional Devices and Cloud Computing.” The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 25 (10): 2093–98. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11367-020-01801-0.

Itten, René, et al. “Digital Transformation - Life Cycle Assessment of Digital Services, Multifunctional Devices and Cloud Computing.” The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, vol. 25, no. 10, Aug. 2020, pp. 2093–98, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11367-020-01801-0.