Environmental assessment of a computer workstation

Author

Ferrone, Robert ; O´Brien, Claudia M.

Author_Institution

Digital Equipment Corp., Maynard, CA, USA

fYear

1993

fDate

10-12 May 1993

Firstpage

43

Lastpage

48

Abstract

An overview of the results of a six-month study conducted by the computer and electronics industry to assess the life cycle environmental impacts of a computer workstation is presented. While the task forces had hoped to conduct a traditional life cycle analysis, the lack of necessary data and the complexity of the computer workstation made such an approach impossible. As a result, the task forces concentrated on identifying issues of environmental concern and areas of significant environmental impact, as well as regulatory and competitiveness issues

Keywords

DP management; environmental engineering; workstations; competitiveness issues; computer workstation; electronics industry; environmental assessment; life cycle analysis; life cycle environmental impacts; regulatory issues; Assembly systems; Computer aided manufacturing; Computer displays; Computer peripherals; Costs; Electronics industry; Manufacturing processes; Protection; Semiconductor device manufacture; Workstations;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronics and the Environment, 1993., Proceedings of the 1993 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Arlington, VA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0829-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISEE.1993.302840

Filename

302840