Smart sustainable cities–Exploring ICT solutions for reduced energy use in cities

A Kramers, M Höjer, N Lövehagen, J Wangel - Environmental modelling & …, 2014 - Elsevier
This article explores the opportunities of using ICT as an enabling technology to reduce
energy use in cities. An analytical framework is developed in which a typology of ICT …

Greenhouse gas emissions and operational electricity use in the ICT and entertainment & media sectors

…, D Lundén, G Finnveden, N Lövehagen - Journal of Industrial …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The positive and negative environmental impacts of information and communication technology
(ICT) are widely debated. This study assesses the electricity use and greenhouse gas (…

[HTML][HTML] Assessing embodied carbon emissions of communication user devices by combining approaches

N Lövehagen, J Malmodin, P Bergmark… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
The use of information and communication technologies are increasing in society. Carbon
emissions can be found throughout the entire life cycle of access networks, data centers and …

ICT sector electricity consumption and greenhouse gas emissions–2020 outcome

J Malmodin, N Lövehagen, P Bergmark… - Telecommunications …, 2024 - Elsevier
The Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector has gained much attention in
the discussions on climate change, as it could impact global emissions both positively and …

[PDF][PDF] Evaluating sustainability of using ICT solutions in smart cities–methodology requirements

N Lövehagen, A Bondesson - International conference on …, 2013 - academia.edu
There is a need for verification of the sustainability potential of an increasing number of
smart city initiatives. This paper discuss a set of requirements necessary to consider when …

Electricity consumption and operational carbon emissions of European telecom network operators

D Lundén, J Malmodin, P Bergmark, N Lövehagen - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
This study presents operational electricity consumption and greenhouse gas emissions for
named European telecom network operators during 2015–2018. These results are also …

A Framework for Mapping Potential Sustainability Impact of Digitalization Solutions

N Lövehagen - Available at SSRN 4486120, 2023 - papers.ssrn.com
There is an increased willingness to discuss and include sustainability thinking in research
and development (R&D) projects within the Information and Communication industry sector. …

[PDF][PDF] ICT for Sustainable Cities: How ICT can support an environmentally sustainable development in cities

A Kramers, M Höjer, N Lövehagen… - … Proceedings of the …, 2013 - research-collection.ethz.ch
In this article we focus on the opportunities to use ICT to help cities reach their environmental
targets and specifically how ICT can support reduction of energy use. We have developed …

Considerations for macro-level studies of ICT´ s enablement potential

J Malmodin, P Bergmark, N Lövehagen… - ICT for Sustainability …, 2014 - atlantis-press.com
This paper explores how companies and other stakeholders could assess the macro-level
enabling potential of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), in other words, the …

Methodology for life cycle based assessments of the CO2 reduction potential of ICT services

…, D Lundén, N Lövehagen - Proceedings of the 2010 …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The presented LCA-based method can be used when assessing the potential CO 2 e emission
reduction from introducing an ICT-based service. The method was used to analyze the …