Lecture 8

Ericsson Sustainability – Technology for good

Guest Lecturer: Mine Ercan, Ericsson

Content: The lecture will give an insight on how we address sustainability issues at Ericsson where we take a broad view of sustainability that includes social, environmental and economic aspects. Specifically, our fact-based research focuses on: methodology development for impact assessment, life cycle assessment of products and networks, proof points that illustrate the enablement potential of ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) to drive sustainable development, the macroeconomic effects of ICT and the end-to-end energy performance of our networks. Along the way, a number of relevant ICT  trends and concrete examples will illustrate possible contributions to more sustainable practices.

About: 

Mine Ercan is an experienced researcher at Ericsson Research in the area of Sustainability focusing on ICT and their impact on a sustainable future.

More about sustainability and corporate responsibility at: http://www.ericsson.com/thecompany/sustainability-corporateresponsibility

Literature:

von Heland, F, Westerberg, P. and Nyberg, M. Using Minecraft as a citizen participation tool in urban design and decision making. Manuscript (not yet published).

von Heland, F, Bondesson, A., Nyberg, M. and Westerberg, P. (2015). The Citizen Field Engineer: Crowdsourced Maintenance of Connected Water Infrastructure. Proceedings of the Third International Conference on ICT for Sustainability (ICT4S 2015), Copenhagen, Denmark.

Please also glance through:

Malmodin, J. and Bergmark, P. (2015). Exploring the effect of ICT solutions on GHG emissions in 2030. Proceedings of the Third International Conference on ICT for Sustainability (ICT4S 2015), Copenhagen, Denmark.