Known unknowns: indirect energy effects of information and communication technology

Background. There has been sustained and growing interest in characterizing the net energy impact of information and communication technology (ICT), which results from indirect effects offsetting (or amplifying) the energy directly consumed by ICT equipment. These indirect effects may be either posi...

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Main Authors: Nathaniel C Horner, Arman Shehabi, Inês L Azevedo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2016-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/11/10/103001