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REDUCCION CONSUMO [1 record]

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Record 1 2002-11-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Energy Transformation
CONT

... one of the editors of the report of the energy project at the Harvard Business School, differentiates between three types of conservation: first, curtailment or enforced energy saving; secondly, overhaul, i.e. dramatically changing the way people live and work; and finally ... "productive conservation", which encourages changes in capital stock and daily behavior that promote energy savings in a manner that is economically and socially nondisruptive.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transformation de l'énergie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Transformación de la energía
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