Life cycle comparison of traditional retail and e-commerce logistics for electronic products: A case study of buy.com

Authors:
Christopher L. Weber;Chris T. Hendrickson;H. Scott Matthews;Amy Nagengast;Rachael Nealer;Paulina Jaramillo
Affiliations:
Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USA;Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, USA;Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, USA;Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, USA;Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, USA;Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, USA
Venue:
ISSST '09 Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology
Year:
2009

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Abstract

This analysis compares e-commerce versus traditional retail systems energy use and greenhouse gas emissions through a case study of a product chosen to represent the retail process. We conclude that e-commerce has lower energy use and GHG emissions for our case study.