Full Text Available
Note: Clicking the button above will open the full text document at the original institutional repository in a new window.
An LCA study comparing e-books read on an Apple Air iPad to printed books in South Africa
A number of studies assessing the environmental impacts of print media systems in comparison to digital media systems offering the same services have been conducted in United States of America (USA) or Sweden. The most notable are studies done by Kozak (2003), Gard & Keoleian (2003), Enroth (2009),...
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Other Authors: | |
| Format: | Thesis |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Energy Research Centre
2017
|
| Subjects: | |
| Tags: |
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| _version_ | 1867613187915907072 |
|---|---|
| access_status_str | Open Access |
| author | Naicker, Vinesh |
| author2 | Cohen, Brett |
| author_browse | Cohen, Brett Naicker, Vinesh |
| author_facet | Cohen, Brett Naicker, Vinesh |
| author_sort | Naicker, Vinesh |
| collection | Thesis |
| description | A number of studies assessing the environmental impacts of print media systems in comparison to digital media systems offering the same services have been conducted in United States of America (USA) or Sweden. The most notable are studies done by Kozak (2003), Gard & Keoleian (2003), Enroth (2009), Moberg et al. (2011) and Achachlouei et al. (2013). However, no studies have been conducted in South Africa. The main purpose of this study was to compare environmental impacts and cumulative energy demand of electronic books (e-books)read from a Tablet personal computer (PC) or Apple Air iPad, the digital system, with the equivalent printed paper books (print system) in South Africa, and establish which of two systems has less of an environmental and energy demand impact. The study was aimed at creating awareness amongst consumers and producers about the environmental and energy impacts of both systems. The study also included scenarios which investigated the effect that changing the energy mix as planned in the 2010 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) has on the environmental impacts and cumulative energy demand of both systems, and the effect of multiple users per system. The initial hypothesis of this study was that reading 21 e-books from a Tablet PC would have a lower environmental impact and cumulative energy demand than reading 21 printed books. The time period of the study is four years, the length of time for completing a commerce university degree. During this period each learner will purchase 21 books, either in the form of printed paper books or as e-books that can be read using a Tablet PC. |
| format | Thesis |
| id | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/24284 |
| institution | University of Cape Town (South Africa) |
| language | eng |
| last_indexed | 2026-06-10T12:32:09.918Z |
| license_str | Not specified — see source repository |
| provenance_str_mv | Harvested via OAI-PMH from UCTD — University of Cape Town Open Access Repository |
| publishDate | 2017 |
| publishDateRange | 2017 |
| publishDateSort | 2017 |
| publisher | Energy Research Centre |
| publisherStr | Energy Research Centre |
| record_format | dspace |
| source_str | UCTD — University of Cape Town Open Access Repository |
| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/24284 An LCA study comparing e-books read on an Apple Air iPad to printed books in South Africa Naicker, Vinesh Cohen, Brett Energy and Development Studies A number of studies assessing the environmental impacts of print media systems in comparison to digital media systems offering the same services have been conducted in United States of America (USA) or Sweden. The most notable are studies done by Kozak (2003), Gard & Keoleian (2003), Enroth (2009), Moberg et al. (2011) and Achachlouei et al. (2013). However, no studies have been conducted in South Africa. The main purpose of this study was to compare environmental impacts and cumulative energy demand of electronic books (e-books)read from a Tablet personal computer (PC) or Apple Air iPad, the digital system, with the equivalent printed paper books (print system) in South Africa, and establish which of two systems has less of an environmental and energy demand impact. The study was aimed at creating awareness amongst consumers and producers about the environmental and energy impacts of both systems. The study also included scenarios which investigated the effect that changing the energy mix as planned in the 2010 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) has on the environmental impacts and cumulative energy demand of both systems, and the effect of multiple users per system. The initial hypothesis of this study was that reading 21 e-books from a Tablet PC would have a lower environmental impact and cumulative energy demand than reading 21 printed books. The time period of the study is four years, the length of time for completing a commerce university degree. During this period each learner will purchase 21 books, either in the form of printed paper books or as e-books that can be read using a Tablet PC. 2017-05-16T07:35:02Z 2017-05-16T07:35:02Z 2015 Master Thesis Masters MPhil http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24284 eng application/pdf Energy Research Centre Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Energy and Development Studies Naicker, Vinesh An LCA study comparing e-books read on an Apple Air iPad to printed books in South Africa |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | An LCA study comparing e-books read on an Apple Air iPad to printed books in South Africa |
| title_full | An LCA study comparing e-books read on an Apple Air iPad to printed books in South Africa |
| title_fullStr | An LCA study comparing e-books read on an Apple Air iPad to printed books in South Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | An LCA study comparing e-books read on an Apple Air iPad to printed books in South Africa |
| title_short | An LCA study comparing e-books read on an Apple Air iPad to printed books in South Africa |
| title_sort | lca study comparing e books read on an apple air ipad to printed books in south africa |
| topic | Energy and Development Studies |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24284 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT naickervinesh anlcastudycomparingebooksreadonanappleairipadtoprintedbooksinsouthafrica AT naickervinesh lcastudycomparingebooksreadonanappleairipadtoprintedbooksinsouthafrica |