ICT for green - How computers can help us to conserve energy

Proceedings of the e-Energy 2010 - 1st Int'l Conf. on Energy-Efficient Computing and Networking

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1-10

  Mattern, Friedemann ^a   Staake, Thorsten ^a   Weiss, Markus ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

advanced metering; behavioral change; energy conservation; feedback systems; smart grid; smart meter

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED METERING; BEHAVIORAL CHANGES; FEEDBACK SYSTEMS; SMART GRID; SMART METERS;

AUTOMATION; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING; UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING;

ENERGY CONSERVATION;

EID: 77954471040     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1791314.1791316     Document Type: Conference Paper

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