Business meetings at a distance - Decreasing greenhouse gas emissions and cumulative energy demand?

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 41, Issue , 2013, Pages 126-139

  Borggren, Clara ^a   Moberg, Åsa ^a   Räsänen, Minna ^a,b   Finnveden, Göran ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Climate change; Cumulative energy demand; Life Cycle Assessment (LCA); Meditated meeting; Video conference; Virtual meeting

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; LIFE CYCLE; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; MANUFACTURE; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRANSPORTATION; VIDEO CONFERENCING;

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY; BUSINESS MEETINGS; CUMULATIVE ENERGY DEMANDS; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFE CYCLE PERSPECTIVES; MEDITATED MEETING; VIRTUAL MEETINGS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

EID: 84868557456     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2012.09.003     Document Type: Article

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