The energy and monetary implications of the '24/7' 'always on' society

Energy Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 4639-4645

  Loveday, Dennis L ^a   Bhamra, T ^a   Tang, T ^a   Haines, V J A ^a   Holmes, M J ^b   Green, R J ^c  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ARUP   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Always on society; Energy use; Online business

Indexed keywords

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY USE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MACROECONOMICS;

EID: 55549148716     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2008.09.067     Document Type: Article

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