Title :
Analysis of the Potential Contribution of ICT Services to a Sustainable Society
Author :
Nakamura, Jiro ; Tsuda, Masayuki ; Takahashi, Kazue Ichino ; Nishi, Shiro ; Takaoka, Mika
Author_Institution :
NTT Energy & Environ. Syst. Labs., NTT Corp., Kanagawa
Abstract :
We have proposed a new concept for evaluating the contribution of information and communications technology (ICT) services to the formation of a sustainable society and introduced a term for expressing the degree of attainment of various activities. We investigated the amount of misoperation-induced loss that occurs when using a conventional system before the introduction of ICT services and defined this amount as the "reduction potential". For example, we showed that the potential of a "food purchasing and consumption management system" was about 0.5 million tons of CO2
Keywords :
information technology; socio-economic effects; sustainable development; ICT services; environmental burdens; food purchasing and consumption management system; misoperation-induced loss; sustainable society; Communications technology; Economic forecasting; Energy consumption; Environmental economics; Performance evaluation; Power generation economics; Production systems; Renewable energy resources;
Conference_Titel :
Electronics and the Environment, 2006. Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Scottsdale, AZ
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0351-0
DOI :
10.1109/ISEE.2006.1650057
