Modeling and assessing variability in energy consumption during the use stage of online multimedia services

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 800-813

  Schien, Daniel ^a   Shabajee, Paul ^a   Yearworth, Mike ^b   Preist, Chris ^c  

^a School of Computer Science   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Civil Engineering ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communications technology (ICT); Industrial ecology; Information and; Internet; Life cycle assessment (LCA); Monte Carlo simulation; Online publishing

Indexed keywords

3G MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; DATA TRANSFER; ENERGY UTILIZATION; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERNET; LIFE CYCLE; MOBILE DEVICES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; MULTIMEDIA SERVICES; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; VIDEO RECORDING; WEBSITES;

COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; INFORMATION AND; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); ONLINE PUBLISHING;

ELECTRIC LOAD FORECASTING;

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ENERGY USE; EQUIPMENT; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MOBILE COMMUNICATION; MULTIMEDIA; PUBLISHING;

EID: 84890315278     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jiec.12065     Document Type: Article

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