The carbon footprint of manufacturing digitalization: Critical literature review and future research agenda

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dc.contributor.authorPatsavellas, John
dc.contributor.authorSalonitis, Konstantinos
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-25T11:02:17Z
dc.date.available2019-06-25T11:02:17Z
dc.date.issued2019-06-24
dc.description.abstractAs the world of manufacturing is accelerating to its digital paradigm, it could become a significant generator of energy-consuming data. The storage of such data is facilitated by the proliferation of easily accessible cloud services, whilst the cost of transmission and storage has significantly dropped. Within a sustainability context, the carbon-footprint characteristics of these masses of data-capture, transmission, storage and management have not been given adequate due-diligence. A cause of this omission may be the assumption that renewable forms of energy generation and storage, may eventually render the big cloud data-centers carbon neutral. However, such assumptions may be pre-mature and not synchronized with unfolding realities, as the carbon footprint implications of the industry 4.0 discourse have not been assessed. This paper ascertains the absence of any structured assessment framework of CO2 emissions of the various components of industrial digitalization, as an evaluation tool of the accelerating digital transformation of manufacturing within a sustainable growth context.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationPatsavellas J, Salonitis K. The carbon footprint of manufacturing digitalization: Critical literature review and future research agenda. Procedia CIRP, Volume 81, 2019, pp. 1354-1359en_UK
dc.identifier.issn2212-8271
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2019.04.026
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/14261
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherElsevieren_UK
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/*
dc.subjectdigital transformationen_UK
dc.subjectindustry 4.0en_UK
dc.subjectcarbon footprinten_UK
dc.subjectconnected stacken_UK
dc.subjectenergy efficiencyen_UK
dc.subjectIoTen_UK
dc.subjectIIoTen_UK
dc.titleThe carbon footprint of manufacturing digitalization: Critical literature review and future research agendaen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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