Reusing Personal Computer Devices – Good or Bad for the Environment?
The energy saving potential of reusing / reselling personal computer (PC) devices was evaluated relative to the choice of buying new. Contrary to the common belief of reuse leading to energy savings, with the advent of more efficient laptops and liquid crystal displays (LCD), reuse of an old pe...
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| author | Sahni, Sahil Boustani, Avid Gutowski, Timothy G. Graves, Stephen C. |
| author2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering |
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| description | The energy saving potential of reusing / reselling
personal computer (PC) devices was evaluated relative to the
choice of buying new. Contrary to the common belief of reuse
leading to energy savings, with the advent of more efficient
laptops and liquid crystal displays (LCD), reuse of an old
personal computer device can lead to relative energy
expenditure. We found that in certain scenarios this expenditure
could be as large as 300% of the lifecycle energy inventory for the
new device. As a result, it is essential to assess the reuse of
personal computer devices more critically, incorporating the
different factors that influence the analysis as discussed below. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/622422022-09-28T14:52:54Z Reusing Personal Computer Devices – Good or Bad for the Environment? Sahni, Sahil Boustani, Avid Gutowski, Timothy G. Graves, Stephen C. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering Sloan School of Management Graves, Stephen C. Graves, Stephen C. Sahni, Sahil Boustani, Avid Gutowski, Timothy G. The energy saving potential of reusing / reselling personal computer (PC) devices was evaluated relative to the choice of buying new. Contrary to the common belief of reuse leading to energy savings, with the advent of more efficient laptops and liquid crystal displays (LCD), reuse of an old personal computer device can lead to relative energy expenditure. We found that in certain scenarios this expenditure could be as large as 300% of the lifecycle energy inventory for the new device. As a result, it is essential to assess the reuse of personal computer devices more critically, incorporating the different factors that influence the analysis as discussed below. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Energy Initiative Singapore-MIT Alliance 2011-04-19T20:26:25Z 2011-04-19T20:26:25Z 2010-07 2010-05 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/ConferencePaper 978-1-4244-7094-5 INSPEC Accession Number: 11416398 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/62242 Sahni, S. et al. “Reusing Personal Computer Devices - Good or Bad for the Environment?” Sustainable Systems and Technology (ISSST), 2010 IEEE International Symposium On. 2010. 1-6. ©2010 IEEE. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7019-6887 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5966-6032 en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ISSST.2010.5507714 IEEE International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology (ISSST), 2010 Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers IEEE |
| spellingShingle | Sahni, Sahil Boustani, Avid Gutowski, Timothy G. Graves, Stephen C. Reusing Personal Computer Devices – Good or Bad for the Environment? |
| title | Reusing Personal Computer Devices – Good or Bad for the Environment? |
| title_full | Reusing Personal Computer Devices – Good or Bad for the Environment? |
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| title_short | Reusing Personal Computer Devices – Good or Bad for the Environment? |
| title_sort | reusing personal computer devices good or bad for the environment |
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