TELECOMMUNICATION AS A REPLACEMENT FOR TRAVELLING

TELEKOMMUNIKASJON SOM ERSTATNING FOR REISER

This report contains a description and an analysis of 625 meetings involving 336 different trips undertaken by 51 individuals from 29 different industries and institutions in the Trondheim area. The analysis was set up to find out how many meetings could be arranged as telecommunication conferences instead of actual trips made. The results varied from 1 to 13% dependent on choice of different criteria selected in the analysis. The technical equipment and the limits which they impose, were held constant. The equipment included high-quality sound transmission and a facsimile between two places. Consequences for transport and hotel business, for energy consumption, and for productivity are estimated for a situation with 7% of meetings using telecommunication systems as a substitute for actual trips. (TRRL)

  • Corporate Authors:

    Society for Industry

    Teknisk Forskning Ved Nth
    Trondheim-nth,   Norway 
  • Authors:
    • Elvestad, B
  • Publication Date: 1982-12

Language

  • Norwegian

Media Info

  • Features: References;
  • Pagination: 37 p.
  • Serial:

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 00385221
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: Norwegian Road Research Laboratory
  • Report/Paper Numbers: 76-82 Monograph
  • Files: ITRD, TRIS
  • Created Date: May 30 1984 12:00AM