An exploratory framework for energy conservation in existing warehouses

International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 37-51

  Dhooma, Jose ^a   Baker, Peter ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

carbon emissions; energy audit; energy conservation; green logistics; warehousing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859489145     PISSN: 13675567     EISSN: 1469848X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13675567.2012.668877     Document Type: Article

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