Germany - Online documentary vs Paper news

1. Paper vs. Online documentary
Energy Balance

2. Definition
Paper
• Everything written on paper
 Newspaper
 Books
Online documentary
• Texts read on digital devices
 E-books
 Computers/Laptops
 Smartphones
 Tablets

3. Certified timber
• Certificates
• FSC
 “Forest Stewardship Council”
 certifies sustainably grown wood and paper
 no chemicals/fertilizer allowed
 forests need to stay in their natural state
• Blauer Engel
 100% recycled paper
 energy and water saving production
 paper containing few harmful substances

4. Pros/Cons
Paper
• one copy can be read several
times
• energy is expended for printing
Online documentary
• needs the same energy for
rereading
• raw materials and energy are
needed to produce reading
devices
• storage use

5. Example: newspaper
Printed version
Pros
• it‘s physical
• feeling of paper
• unchanging, can‘t be deleted
• save it back
• look it up later
Cons
• you need to buy it
Online version
Pros
• always accessable
• up to date
• the latest news
• big news are in focus
• save time
Cons
• does not include
everything
• reader is less informed

6. Resource Use
Paper
• 35 l of water, 1,5 kg of wood per
day
• paper + printing energy:
• 31 000 kJ + 2 700 kJ = 33 700 kJ of
energy per day
Online Documentary
• 1,4 l of water, 0,22 kg of fossil
fuels per day
• production + usage energy:
• 9 900 kJ + 700 kJ = 10 600 kJ of
energy per day

7. Sources
• https://www.stromverbrauchinfo.de/stromverbrauch-bei-druckern.php
• http://www.oeko-fair.de/clever-konsumieren/wohnen-arbeiten/computer2/die-rohstoffe3/die-
rohstoffe5
• https://www.netzwelt.de/news/75691_2-herstellung-entsorgung-computers.html
• https://www.unitjuggler.com/energy-umwandeln-von-kWh-nach-kJ.html?val=3000
• https://www.pro-regenwald.de/hg_papier
• https://www.protect-nature.org/infos-für-die-naturschutzarbeit/wussten-sie-schon/papier/
• http://blog.123energie.de/rechner-herd-und-fon-und-die-mathematik-des-stromverbrauchs/
• file:///C:/Users/bautz/AppData/Local/Packages/microsoft.windowscommunicationsapps_8wekyb
3d8bbwe/LocalState/Files/S0/87/Fakten_zum_Papierverbrauch.003[4263].pdf
• https://www.honorsociety.org/articles/print-newspapers-vs-online-editions-pros-and-cons
• https://ic.fsc.org/image.M7awsNQztDAw0E0sLcmHEBamegYgCAA%3D.jpg