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Environmental Implications of Product Servicising. Edition No. 1
VDM Publishing House, Sep 2008, Pages: 208
Rapid IT evolution has exponentially increased the
consumption of electronics and raised a number of
environmental concerns in society. While the
electronics industry has achieved impressive
improvements in resource efficiency, pollution
prevention and reduction of product toxicity, the
improvements have been unable to cope with the
negative effect of growing consumption and rapid
product obsolescence. As a result, addressing the
issue of consumption is a crucial complementary
strategy to reduce the absolute environmental
footprint of IT.
This thesis explores the environmental effects of
dematerialisation through product servicising -
substituting traditional computing systems based on
owned PCs, with outsourced computing services
delivered through centralised IT systems. Assessing
the environmental effects of electronic products and
services is another challenge. Through analysis of
existing business models for provision of service-
based computing utilities, the author highlights
factors influencing a wider application of service-
based IT solutions in commercial and residential
sectors and the potential for associated
environmental benefit.
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