The energy and greenhouse gas emission impacts of telecommuting in the U.S.

IEEE International Symposium on Electronics and the Environment

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Roth, Kurt W ^a   Rhodes, Todd ^b   Ponoum, Ratcharit ^b  

^a TTAX LLC

^b TTAX LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy conservation; Home computing; Road transportation; Teleworking

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS; GREEN HOUSE GAS EMISSIONS; HOME COMPUTING; INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM; RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS; ROAD TRANSPORTATION; TELEWORKING;

AIR POLLUTION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY POLICY; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; GREENHOUSES; LEAKAGE (FLUID); LIFE CYCLE; OFFICE BUILDINGS; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELECOMMUTING;

GASES;

EID: 51849129611     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISEE.2008.4562945     Document Type: Conference Paper

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