Environmental Evaluation of Machine-to-Machine Services: the case of Glass Waste Collection.

Trang Hoang (1) , Alan Lelah (1) , Fabrice Mathieux (1) , Daniel Brissaud (1) , Vincent Gimeno (2)

1 G-SCOP_CPP - Conception Produit Process
2 FT R&D - France Télécom Recherche & Développement

Product-Service Systems (PSS) based on Machine-to-Machine (M2M) technologies show high potential to help solve environmental issues. Such technologies resort to electronic equipment and telecommunication infrastructures. This paper presents a methodology for assessing environmental impacts of M2M PSS, and a case study of Glass Waste Collection. Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) has been performed taking into account the complete M2M infrastructure, starting from electronic sensors through gateways to the telecommunication network and service platform and down to the end user. Results are compared with traditional glass collection and can provide insight for design choices in the M2M service.

Keywords: Life Cycle Analysis; Machine-To-Machine service

Domains: Mechanics [physics.med-ph]; Environmental Engineering

Trang Hoang, Alan Lelah, Fabrice Mathieux, Daniel Brissaud, Vincent Gimeno. Environmental Evaluation of Machine-to-Machine Services: the case of Glass Waste Collection.. 2nd CIRP IPS2 Conference, Apr 2010, Linköping, Sweden. pp.75-82. ⟨hal-00478240⟩