An Environmentally Conscious Decision Support System for Life-Cycle Management

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 127-142

  Biswas, Gautam ^a   Kawamura, Kazuhiko ^a   Hunkeler, David ^b   Dhingra, Rajive ^a   Caffey, Lochlin ^a   Huang, Ellen ^c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c UNITED TECHNOLOGIES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmentally conscious design and manufacturing; LCA software; Life cycle management; Painting; Risk assessment; Streamlined life cycle assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001135228     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jiec.1998.2.1.127     Document Type: Article

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