NDLI: Energy efficiency of b2c e-commerce in Japan

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Williams, E.D.
Copyright Year	2002
Description	Author affiliation: United Nations Univ., Tokyo, Japan (Williams, E.D.)
Abstract	The adoption of Information Technology (IT) affects energy demand. One component of this larger issue is changes in energy use driven by e-commerce. This work undertakes a case study of energy consumption in sales and distribution via business-to-consumer (b2c) e-commerce and conventional retail for the Japanese book sector. The four factors considered are: packaging, transport from publisher to home or bookstore, consumer travel to and from the bookstore, and building consumption at home or bookstore. Results of the simulation of total energy use indicate that e-commerce consumes slightly more than traditional retailing, basically due to additional packaging. Although one might expect that substitution of personal automobile travel for courier services would favor e-commerce, the difference is small due to the multi-purpose use of cars. Energy use in bookstores is very similar to that for consumers making an online purchase at home. While overall consumption for both systems is quite similar, the structure of energy use is very different, suggesting new priorities for strategizing energy-efficiency. Important factors influencing the energy use of b2c e-commerce include packaging, loading factors of courier trucks, number of trips/delivery, and residential energy consumption.
Sponsorship	IEEE Comput. Soc., Tech. Committee on Electron. & the Environ. Int. Assoc. Electron. Recyclers
Starting Page	38
Ending Page	43
File Size	731244
Page Count	6
File Format	PDF
ISBN	078037214X
ISSN	10952020
DOI	10.1109/ISEE.2002.1003235
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2002-05-06
Publisher Place	USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Energy efficiency Packaging Books Marketing and sales Information technology Buildings Sustainable development Automobiles Computer networks Business
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
4	Project PI / Joint PI	Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon
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