The transition from desktop computers to tablets: A model for increasing resource efficiency?

Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing

Volumn 310, Issue , 2015, Pages 243-256

  Hischier, Roland ^a   Wäger, Patrick A ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Desktop Computer; LCA; Life cycle assessment; Resource efficiency; Tablet

Indexed keywords

ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HARDWARE; LIFE CYCLE; PERSONAL COMPUTERS;

COMPUTING DEVICES; COMPUTING SERVICES; INDIVIDUAL DEVICES; LCA; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); RESOURCE EFFICIENCIES; TABLET; UTILIZATION RATES;

COMPUTER HARDWARE;

EID: 84927599882     PISSN: 21945357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-09228-7_14     Document Type: Article

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