Green IT in practice: Virtual meetings in Swedish public agencies

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 123, Issue , 2016, Pages 101-112

  Arnfalk, Peter ^a   Pilerot, Ulf ^b   Schillander, Per ^b   Grönvall, Pontus ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH TRANSPORT ADMINISTRATION   (Sweden)

^c Stormen Kommunikation ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Business travel; Collaboration; Green IT; Videoconference; Virtual meetings; Web meetings

Indexed keywords

TRANSPORTATION;

BUSINESS TRAVEL; COLLABORATION; GREEN IT; VIDEOCONFERENCE; VIRTUAL MEETINGS; WEB MEETINGS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

EID: 84941254946     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.08.063     Document Type: Article

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