How sending e-mails compares with carbon emission of car use

Author

Thomas MENKHOFF, Singapore Management UniversityFollow

Publication Type

News Article

Publication Date

11-2018

Abstract

Digitalnatives can reduce their carbon footprint by being conscious about Internetusage. Everwondered how your e-mails may contribute to your personal carbon footprint? Accordingto estimates published in Phys.org, sending a short e-mail adds about 4g of CO2equivalent (gCO2e) to the atmosphere (an e-mail with a long attachment has atenfold carbon footprint, that is 50 gCO2e.

Keywords

Digital sustainability, carbon emissions, carbon footprint, digital products

Discipline

Environmental Policy | Environmental Sciences | Organizational Behavior and Theory

Research Areas

Organisational Behaviour and Human Resources

Publication

Straits Times

First Page

31

Last Page

31

ISSN

1692-9344

Publisher

Singapore Press holdings

Citation

MENKHOFF, Thomas. How sending e-mails compares with carbon emission of car use. (2018). Straits Times. 31-31.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/5923

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