Using behavioural data to assess the environmental impact of electricity consumption of alternate television service distribution platforms

Schien, Daniel; Shabajee, Paul; Chandaria, Jigna; Williams, Dan; Preist, Chris

doi:10.1016/j.eiar.2021.106661

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“…The EAM toolkit has been successfully used for quantitative modelling in previous research, e.g. to evaluate sustainable interaction design of digital services [5] and assess the environmental impact of television platforms [7]. The EAM core library is also used in the DIMPACT tool [2].…”

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ACM SIGCAS/SIGCHI Conference on Computing and Sustainable Societies (COMPASS)

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We present the EAM toolkit for life cycle modelling and impact analysis in environmental assessments. The open source toolkit was specifically designed to support maintainability and verification of models within integrated assessments, and has been used in research and industry. The tool offers features to support complex Life Cycle Assessment, including dynamic and scenario modelling, uncertainty and sensitivity analysis, a flexible domain specific modelling language and a visual editor. In this introduction we present the main features of the toolkit, summarise the high-level components and illustrate its use.CCS Concepts: • Human-centered computing → Empirical studies in HCI; HCI theory, concepts and models.

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“…In this text we present the DIMPACT project and tool (https://www.dimpact.org) for environmental impact assessment of digital services. It is based on the GHG Protocol ICT sector guidance and established academic research [10,11], provides specific assessments to different types of Internet services, and has been adopted by a large number of organisations for their environmental reporting. We describe the tool, its underlying methodology, its development, and impact; and present the DIMPACT project of which the tool is a part.…”

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We present the DIMPACT /dimpaekt/ tool for environmental assessments of digital services. The tool enables digital media providers to calculate energy consumption and associated environmental impact across the entire product system, including datacentres, networks and user devices. It is based on accepted standard methodologies and applies state-of-the-art research. The DIMPACT tool is used by major media organisations for environmental reporting and to support development of strategies to reduce environmental impact. It has significantly advanced the knowledge of carbon emissions of video streaming. The tool is part of the wider DIMPACT project of companies that collaborate to exchange knowledge, engage suppliers and expand the scope of the tool. In this text we provide an overview of workings of tool and its methodological foundation.CCS Concepts: • Human-centered computing → Empirical studies in HCI; HCI theory, concepts and models.

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“…DIMPACT was set up to address the uncertainty of the emissions of digital media and entertainment products and increase transparency in the value chain of processes required to process, transmit and view digital content. The DIMPACT tool was developed in partnership with the University of Bristol's Computer Science Department and draws on their previous work with the BBC (Schien et al, 2021) and the Guardian (Preist et al, 2014). They developed the approaches for individual companies, and through DIMPACT this work was generalized into a framework that can be used by other digital media companies.…”

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Using DIMPACT to calculate the carbon impact of digital publishing at Cambridge University Press & Assessment

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Academic division were calculated to be 81.2 tons CO 2 e in 2020 and 64.4 CO 2 e tons in 2019.• CUP&A ran a trial with DIMPACT that calculated carbon emissions of the ALPSP Redux 2022 Virtual Conference resulted in a greenhouse gas (GHG) footprint of 14.8 kg of CO 2 e.• The carbon footprint of digital publishing can only be partially controlled by publishers with user behaviours, equipment and international differences in power sources having substantial impact.• Digital publishing releases fewer carbon emissions, but increasing video and audio content may limit possible reductions in output.

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Using behavioural data to assess the environmental impact of electricity consumption of alternate television service distribution platforms

Cited by 15 publications

References 56 publications

Demo: The EAM Environmental Modelling and Assessment Toolkit

Demo: The EAM Environmental Modelling and Assessment Toolkit

Demo: The DIMPACT Tool for Environmental Assessment of Digital Services

Using DIMPACT to calculate the carbon impact of digital publishing at Cambridge University Press & Assessment

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