Towards resource-efficient and service-oriented integrated infrastructure operation

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 92, Issue , 2015, Pages 40-52

  Roelich, Katy ^a   Knoeri, Christof ^a   Steinberger, Julia K ^a,b   Varga, Liz ^c   Blythe, Phil T ^d   Butler, David ^e   Gupta, Rajat ^f   Harrison, Gareth P ^g   Martin, Chris ^h   Purnell, Phil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

^c CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^f OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^h OPEN UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy Service Company (ESCo); Infrastructure integration; Multi Utility Service Company (MUSCo); Performance economy; Sustainable infrastructure operation; Valuation

Indexed keywords

RESOURCE VALUATION; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

ENERGY SERVICE COMPANY; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS; INTEGRATED INFRASTRUCTURE; LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY; PERFORMANCE ECONOMY; SERVICE COMPANIES; SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RESOURCE USE; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84916942771     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2014.11.008     Document Type: Article

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