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When’s the next bus? Real-time information on bus departures through optical tags
A new report by the Centre for Sustainable Communications documents a trial on an IT-based travel planning service. Skånetrafiken, a regional public transport provider, equipped timetable sheets at bus stops with so-called optical tags. Through these tags a test group of passengers could obtain real-time information on bus departures to their mobile phones. A research team from the Centre for Sustainable Communications took a close look at how this service was used, if it affected travel patterns and if it lead to increased use of public transport.
Are e-books greener than paper books?
Environmentally concerned customers may continue reading paper books. A report by the Centre for Sustainable Communications shows that there are no good reasons to claim that e-books have a better eco performance. Only if you read more than 33 e-books during the lifetime of an electronic reading device it becomes beneficial from a climate point of view.
New project about work in sustainable cities of the future
In future cities mobile communication technologies and broadband internet will be fully implemented. This opens up opportunities for organizing work in a more sustainable way. Employees can pursue their work at home, at office or in other settings such as telecottages, company hotels or latte offices. Collaborative tools like videoconferences, tele-presence, social media or Google Wave can potentially decrease the need for travel. The new Centre project “Telecommunicators’ work in the sustainable city” aims to understand and describe how tomorrow’s work will be organized.
Guidelines for a Sustainable Internet
A group within the KTH School of Computer Science and Communications is organizer of a seminar series on communications. At the first seminar on February 4 Jorge Zapico from the Centre for Sustainable Communications suggested a number of “Guidelines for a Sustainable Internet”.
Integrating social aspects into life cycle assessment
Social LCA is a rapidly expanding research field. A new report by the Centre of Sustainable Communications explores the usability of social LCA for the ICT sector.
The environmental impact of transcontinental data traffic
Submarine cables carry over 97 percent of transcontinental voice and data traffic. The high capacity and bandwidth of fibre optic cables make it possible to transfer large amounts of data around the globe almost instantaneously. A new study by Craig Donovan takes a look at the environmental impact of submarine cables from a life cycle perspective.
Mobile Applications for Sustainable Food Consumption
David Kjelkerud, student within the project Persuasive services, has finished his thesis “Lost in the Supermarket – Mobile Applications for Sustainable Food Consumption”.
Video from World Usability Day seminar
At World Usability Day 2009, Jorge Zapico presented highlights from his research on carbon literacy. The seminar discusses different techniques and applications that help to make carbon dioxide information usable and understandable.
World Usability Day 2009
The Centre for Sustainable Communications contributes to World Usability Day 2009 with a seminar presenting current research. Welcome to “A low-carbon lifestyle through ICT” on November 12 at KTH. Jorge Zapico and Åsa Moberg discuss different examples of how ICT can be used to save the environment and combat climate change.
Greening newspaper companies through ICT?
What environmental gains can be achieved through the introduction of information and communication technology (ICT) at a newspaper company? A current project at the Centre for Sustainable Communications seeks an answer to this question. Åsa Moberg and her colleagues investigate alternatives to business travel and commuting. The research team also takes a look at computer habits of employees. At a first workshop employees at the four participating companies discussed the possibilities for distance meetings. Another workshop will focus on alternative ways of meeting through ICT. The environmental potential will be estimated for different solutions at each company. The project will be presented at a seminar at KTH on October 2.
