About the Initiative Research Themes/projects: 1. Sustainability assessment and management of IT hardware The production, use and disposal of the new IT infrastructure has implications for environmental, social and economic issues. This research theme aims to understand the interfaces between IT infrastructure and sustainability and develop knowledge, technologies and policies to improve management to achieve societal objectives. Current Projects: 7 Sustainability and international reuse and recycling of computers 7 Life Cycle Assessment of IT hardware 7   Characterizing and Quantifying the flow of Used Computers and Monitors from North America to the rest of the World 2. Environmental assessment of IT-driven shifts in business, society and lifestyles IT-enabled modes of business and lifestyles, such as e-commerce and telework, have environmental consequences distinct from their predecessors. In addition, IT affects levels of personal income, on what that income is spent, and in how people spend their time. Research in this theme analyzes relationships between business models, lifestyles and consumption patterns to characterize their environmental significance. Current Projects: 7 Designing and Assessing Sustainable Networked Delivery Systems 3. Enhancing adoption of environmental applications of IT Research in this theme analyzes economic and behavioral characteristics of alternate IT-enabled systems to achieve environmental and other societal objectives. Current Projects: 7 Monitoring and control systems to reduce energy use in homes People: Eric Williams, Assistant Professor, Center for Earth Systems Engineering Management, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, School of Sustainability, Arizona State University Braden Allenby, Lincoln Professor of Ethics, Center for Earth Systems Engineering Management, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, A rizona State University Callie Babbitt, Assistant Professor, Golisano Institute for Sustainability, Rochester Institute of Technology Ramzy Kahhat, Assistant Research Professor, Center for Earth Systems Engineering Management, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment,  Arizona State University Soumya Poduri, Research Assistant, Center for Earth Systems Engineering Management, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment,  Arizona State University Junbeum Kim, Post Doctoral Associate, University of California, Santa Barbara Ming Xu, Assistant Professor, University of Michigan Robert J. Meyers, United States Environmental Protection Agency Yan Yang, Researcher, Center for Earth Systems Engineering Management, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, School of Sustainability, Arizona State University Liqiu Deng, M.S. student,  School of Sustainability,  Arizona State University