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https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-24622| Publication type: | Conference paper |
| Type of review: | Peer review (publication) |
| Title: | Life cycle assessment of an Internet of Things product : environmental impact of an intelligent smoke detector |
| Authors: | Manz, Oliver Meyer, Sonja Baumgartner, Corinna |
| et. al: | No |
| DOI: | 10.1145/3494322.3494332 10.21256/zhaw-24622 |
| Proceedings: | IoT '21 Proceedings |
| Page(s): | 72 |
| Pages to: | 79 |
| Conference details: | 11th International Conference on the Internet of Things, St. Gallen (online), 8-11 November 2021 |
| Issue Date: | 8-Mar-2022 |
| Publisher / Ed. Institution: | Association for Computing Machinery |
| Publisher / Ed. Institution: | New York |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4503-8566-4 |
| Language: | English |
| Subjects: | Life cycle assessment; Internet of Things; Environmental impact; IoT product; IoT; LIfe cycle analysis |
| Subject (DDC): | 004: Computer science 333: Economics of land and resources |
| Abstract: | Digitization and sustainability are the two big topics of our current time. As the usage of digital products like IoT devices continues to grow, it affects the energy consumption caused by the Internet. At the same time, more and more companies feel the need to become carbon neutral and sustainable. Determining the environmental impact of an IoT device is challenging, as the production of the hardware components should be considered and the electricity consumption of the Internet since this is the primary communication medium of an IoT device. Estimating the electricity consumption of the Internet itself is a complex task. We performed a life cycle assessment (LCA) to determine the environmental impact of an intelligent smoke detector sold in Germany, taking its whole life-cycle from cradle-to-grave into account. We applied the impact assessment method ReCiPe 2016 Midpoint and compared its results with ILCD 2011 Midpoint+ to check the robustness of our results. The LCA results showed that electricity consumption during the use phase is the main contributor to environmental impacts. The mining of coal causes this contribution, which is a part of the German electricity mix. Consequently, the smoke detector mainly contributes to the impact categories of freshwater and marine ecotoxicity, but only marginally to global warming. |
| URI: | https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/24622 |
| Fulltext version: | Published version |
| License (according to publishing contract): | CC BY 4.0: Attribution 4.0 International |
| Departement: | School of Engineering |
| Organisational Unit: | Institute of Sustainable Development (INE) |
| Published as part of the ZHAW project: | Onlinezeiten-Fussabdruckrechner |
| Appears in collections: | Publikationen School of Engineering |
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Manz, O., Meyer, S., & Baumgartner, C. (2022). Life cycle assessment of an Internet of Things product : environmental impact of an intelligent smoke detector [Conference paper]. IoT ’21 Proceedings, 72–79. https://doi.org/10.1145/3494322.3494332
Manz, O., Meyer, S. and Baumgartner, C. (2022) ‘Life cycle assessment of an Internet of Things product : environmental impact of an intelligent smoke detector’, in IoT ’21 Proceedings. New York: Association for Computing Machinery, pp. 72–79. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1145/3494322.3494332.
O. Manz, S. Meyer, and C. Baumgartner, “Life cycle assessment of an Internet of Things product : environmental impact of an intelligent smoke detector,” in IoT ’21 Proceedings, Mar. 2022, pp. 72–79. doi: 10.1145/3494322.3494332.
MANZ, Oliver, Sonja MEYER und Corinna BAUMGARTNER, 2022. Life cycle assessment of an Internet of Things product : environmental impact of an intelligent smoke detector. In: IoT ’21 Proceedings. Conference paper. New York: Association for Computing Machinery. 8 März 2022. S. 72–79. ISBN 978-1-4503-8566-4
Manz, Oliver, Sonja Meyer, and Corinna Baumgartner. 2022. “Life Cycle Assessment of an Internet of Things Product : Environmental Impact of an Intelligent Smoke Detector.” Conference paper. In IoT ’21 Proceedings, 72–79. New York: Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3494322.3494332.
Manz, Oliver, et al. “Life Cycle Assessment of an Internet of Things Product : Environmental Impact of an Intelligent Smoke Detector.” IoT ’21 Proceedings, Association for Computing Machinery, 2022, pp. 72–79, https://doi.org/10.1145/3494322.3494332.
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