CALCULATING THE CARBON FOOTPRINT OF DIGITAL PRESERVATION: A Case Study

Tiainen, Mikko; Lehtonen, Juha; Helin, Heikki; Kylander, Johan

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CALCULATING THE CARBON FOOTPRINT OF DIGITAL PRESERVATION: A Case Study

Author(s)

• Tiainen, Mikko
• Lehtonen, Juha
• Helin, Heikki
• Kylander, Johan

Issue Date

2023

Keyword(s)

• sustainability
• carbon footprint
• data centers
• hardware manufacturing
• hardware service life

Abstract

Environmental sustainability is becoming an important factor in digital preservation. We have calculated the carbon footprint of our Finnish national digital preservation services, which we provide for cultural heritage and research sectors. We concentrate on the carbon footprint of manufacturing hardware and shipping the equipment to data centers, and the carbon footprint of the hardware service life and employees related to the services. Using data provided to us by the hardware manufacturers and other sources, we show that the majority of the emissions come from manufacturing and shipping of hardware, whereas the emissions created during the service life has a smaller role. As a whole, the annual carbon footprint of the services is smaller than the annual carbon footprint of three average Finns.

Series/Report Name or Number

iPRES 2023

Type of Resource

text

Language

en

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Copyright held by the author(s). The text of this paper is published under a CC BY-SA license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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