Environmental Assessment of e-Learning Based on a Customer Survey

Author

Takahashi, Kazue I. ; Tsuda, Masayuki ; Nakamura, Jiro ; Kato, Kiyoshi ; Nishi, Shiro

Author_Institution

NTT Energy & Environ. Syst. Lab.

fYear

2005

Firstpage

942

Lastpage

943

Abstract

The extended environmental impact of e-learning was studied including ripple effects. E-learning changes the user´s lifestyle and the various changes (ripple effects) were quantified by using an Internet questionnaire. The environmental burdens were evaluated with LCA and the results were shown as carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions. E-learning can reduce the CO₂ emissions generated by conventional training by an average of 95%

Keywords

Internet; carbon compounds; computer aided instruction; customer satisfaction; emission; environmental factors; product life cycle management; training; CO₂; Internet questionnaire; carbon dioxide emissions; customer survey; e-learning; environmental impact; life cycle assessment; ripple effect; Air transportation; Carbon dioxide; Communications technology; Costs; Electronic learning; Internet; Microcomputers; Rail transportation; Space exploration; TV; Internet survey; LCA; carbon dioxide; e-learning; information and communication technology; ripple effect;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing, 2005. Eco Design 2005. Fourth International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Tokyo

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0081-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ECODIM.2005.1619385

Filename

1619385