๐๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ ๐๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐
iCoSys will present its paper โ๐๐ญ๐ญ ๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ. ๐๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ? ๐๐ฐ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐๐ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐๐โ at ACM International Conference on Computing Frontiers 2026, taking place on May 19โ21 in Catania.
๐๐ก๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฌ
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is widely used to evaluate the environmental impact of ICT systems. In practice, these assessments rely on multiple interconnected models, which are often difficult to combine, validate, and interpret. This can lead to:
โข inconsistent scopes between models
โข limited traceability of results
โข opaque aggregation of impacts
โข risks of outdated or misused data
๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ
We analyse current LCA practices in ICT and highlight common pitfalls through concrete examples of model misuse.
๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐
A framework for more reliable and transparent LCA, based on:
โข explicit model dependencies
โข clear definition of scope and assumptions
โข end-to-end traceability
โข versioned and open model repositories
The goal is to make environmental assessments of digital systems more ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ, ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐๐ข๐๐ฅ๐, ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ญ.
This contribution reflects iCoSysโ ongoing work at the intersection of ๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ.