Environmental performance of data centres - A case study of the Swedish National Insurance Administration

Electronics Goes Green 2012+, ECG 2012 - Joint International Conference and Exhibition, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Honee, Caspar ^a   Hedin, Daniel ^a   St Laurent, Jasmin ^a   Froling, Morgan ^a  

^a MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLD CLIMATE; CORE ASSET; DATA CENTRES; ENVIRONMENTAL LOADS; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; GEOGRAPHICAL ZONES; IT SOLUTION; NATIONAL INSURANCE; OPERATIONAL PHASE;

CARBON FOOTPRINT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EXHIBITIONS; INSURANCE;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

EID: 84871835068     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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