The carbon footprint of watching television, comparing digital terrestrial television with video-on-demand

Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology, ISSST 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Chandaria, Jigna ^a   Hunter, Jeff ^a   Williams, Adrian ^b  

^a BBC RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

broadcasting; energy measurement; environmental factors; TV

Indexed keywords

BROADCAST TELEVISION; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CONSUMER EQUIPMENT; DIGITAL TERRESTRIAL TELEVISION; ENERGY EFFICIENT; ENERGY MEASUREMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; ONLINE DELIVERY; USE PHASE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; DIGITAL TELEVISION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LAPTOP COMPUTERS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; TELEVISION SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 79960746315     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISSST.2011.5936908     Document Type: Conference Paper

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