Are we sitting comfortably? Domestic imaginaries, laptop practices, and energy use

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2629-2645

  Spinney, Justin ^a   Green, Nicola ^b   Burningham, Kate ^b   Cooper, Geoff ^b   Uzzell, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consumption; Energy; Home; ICT; Social practice

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER; ENERGY USE; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84870738264     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a44403     Document Type: Article

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