People or machines? Assessing the impacts of smart meters and load controllers in Italian office spaces

Energy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 86-91

  Torriti, Jacopo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Demand Side Management; Electricity demand; Load controllers; Smart meters

Indexed keywords

DEMAND SIDE MANAGEMENT; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ELECTRIC FREQUENCY CONTROL; ELECTRIC POWER MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; OFFICE BUILDINGS; SMART METERS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

DEMAND REDUCTION; DIFFERENT FLOORS; ELECTRICITY DEMANDS; END USERS; GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES; LOAD CONTROLLERS; OFFICE SPACE; SUSTAINABILITY IMPACTS;

CONTROLLERS;

CONTROL SYSTEM; DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT; DEVELOPING WORLD; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; ENERGY USE; SUSTAINABILITY;

ITALY;

EID: 84899989518     PISSN: 09730826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.esd.2014.01.006     Document Type: Article

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