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)
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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.
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Serial:
- Sintef Rapport
- Publisher: Technical University of Norway
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Alternatives analysis; Communications; Compaction; Conferences; Costs; Economic efficiency; Economic impacts; Energy conservation; Energy consumption; Impact studies; Mathematical analysis; Printers; Telecommunications; Telephone; Travel
- Uncontrolled Terms: Efficiency
- Old TRIS Terms: Substitutes
- ITRD Terms: 6471: Analysis (math); 9098: Communication; 8525: Conference; 5911: Efficiency; 212: Energy conservation; 698: Journey; 390: Telephone
- Subject Areas: Economics; Energy; Environment; Finance; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;
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