Better commuting with ICT?

A new report by CESC and Ericsson ConsumerLab describes commuters’ frustration with lame traffic and the behavior of other people. ICT solutions could help to make daily work travel more bearable.


Environmental impacts of print and online media

Kauppalehti onlinePrinted media are often considered to have a higher environmental impact than online media. CESC analysed the environmental performance of selected Alma Media products and found out that things are far more complicated.


SEB’12 Conference: 3-5 September 2012

SEB'12As a member of the organising team, CESC welcomes to the Fourth International Conference on Sustainability in Energy and Buildings 3-5 September 2012 in Stockholm.


Are smart cities enivronmentally friendly?

Anna Kramers, PhD student at CESC, presents her research at KTH’s 2011 Energy Initiative.


"Welcome to the Centre for Sustainable Communications (CESC) at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden.

CESC performs interdisciplinary research on advanced media and communication technology for sustainability."

Latest publications


Getting there and back again – Commuting and ICT in six cities across the globe

Börjesson Rivera, M., Henriksson, G., Åkerlund, M. (2012) Getting there and back again – Commuting and ICT in six cities across the globe. Report from the KTH Centre for Sustainable Communications, Stockholm.


ICT applications for energy efficiency in buildings

Kramers, A. and Svane, Ö. (2011) ICT applications for energy efficiency in buildings. Report from the KTH Centre for Sustainable Communications, Stockholm.


Navigating learning resources through linked data

Sicilia, M., Ebner, H., Sanchez-Alonso, S., Alvarez, F., Abian, A., Garcia-Barriocanal, E. (2011) Navigating learning resources through linked data: A preliminary report on the re-design of Organic.Edunet. In: Proceedings of Linked Learning 2011, 1st International Workshop on eLearning. Heraklion, Greece, 29 May – 2 June 2011.


Exploring Social Sustainability: Learning from Perspectives on Urban Development and Companies and Products

Weingaertner, C. and Moberg, Å. (2011) Exploring Social Sustainability: Learning from Perspectives on Urban Development and Companies and Products. Sustainable Development. doi: 10.1002/sd.536


Footprinted.org – Experiences from using linked open data for environmental impact information

Zapico, J. L. et al (2011) Footprinted.org: Experiences from using linked open data for environmental impact information. In: Pillmann, W., Schade, S., and Smits, P. (Eds.) Proceedings of 25th EnviroInfo Conference – Innovations in Sharing Environmental Observations and Information. Schaker-Verlag, Aachen, Germany.


Using physical objects to enable enriched video communication

Nyberg, M., Norlin, C., Gomez, P. (2011) Using physical objects to enable enriched video communication. In: Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Human Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (MobileHCI ’11). ACM, New York, USA, p 529-532.