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Welcome to the homepage of the IT and Environment Initiative

The IT and Environment Initiative is a consortium engaging in research and dissemination activities to improve understanding and awareness of Information Technology as it affects environmental issues and sustainability. The research draws especially on Industrial Ecology, Life Cycle Assessment and Earth Systems Engineering and Management.

Projects currently underway include:

·         Assessment and management of international reuse and recycling of computers

·         Life cycle assessment of IT hardware

·         Design and assessment of sustainable networked delivery systems

·         Using monitoring and control technologies to mitigate energy use in homes

 

 

Current news item:

U.S. House Committee on Science and Technology holds hearing on e-waste

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Site last updated
June 4, 2008:

News item, new publications