Title :
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.
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/ECODIM.2005.1619385
