Environmental impacts of print and online media

Kauppalehti onlinePrinted media are often considered to have a higher environmental impact than online media. CESC analysed the environmental performance of selected Alma Media products and found out that things are far more complicated.


SEB’12 Conference: 3-5 September 2012

SEB'12As a member of the organising team, CESC welcomes to the Fourth International Conference on Sustainability in Energy and Buildings 3-5 September 2012 in Stockholm.


Are smart cities enivronmentally friendly?

Anna Kramers, PhD student at CESC, presents her research at KTH’s 2011 Energy Initiative.


24 hours of hacking for the environment

The first Green Hackathon attracted over 30 participants to engage in developing innovations for environmental issues. Eleven teams of coders created exciting prototypes, web services and mobile solutions for sustainability.


"Welcome to the Centre for Sustainable Communications (CESC) at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden.

CESC performs interdisciplinary research on advanced media and communication technology for sustainability."

Latest publications


ICT applications for energy efficiency in buildings

Kramers, A. and Svane, Ö. (2011) ICT applications for energy efficiency in buildings. Report from the KTH Centre for Sustainable Communications, Stockholm.


Exploring Social Sustainability: Learning from Perspectives on Urban Development and Companies and Products

Weingaertner, C. and Moberg, Å. (2011) Exploring Social Sustainability: Learning from Perspectives on Urban Development and Companies and Products. Sustainable Development. doi: 10.1002/sd.536


Footprinted.org – Experiences from using linked open data for environmental impact information

Zapico, J. L. et al (2011) Footprinted.org: experiences from using linked open data for environmental impact information. In: Pillmann, W., Schade, S., and Smits, P. (Eds.) Proceedings of 25th EnviroInfo Conference – Innovations in Sharing Environmental Observations and Information. Schaker-Verlag, Aachen, Germany.


Ny teknik som förändrar vår möteskultur

Picha, M., Räsänen, M. (2011) Ny teknik som förändrar vår möteskultur. Framtider 2/2011.


Sourcemap.org: First Application of Linked and Open LCA Data to Support Sustainability

Bonanni, L. et al (2011) Sourcemap.org: First Application of Linked and Open LCA Data to Support Sustainability. Poster presented at International Conference on Industrial Ecology, Berkeley 2011.


Images of the Future City

Höjer, M., Gullberg, A., Pettersson, R. (2011) Images of the Future City – Time and Space For Sustainable Development. Springer.