The Sustainable Process Index. A new dimension in ecological evaluation

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 241-258

  Krotscheck, Christian ^a   Narodoslawsky, Michael ^a  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Ecological evaluation; Ecological process engineering; Ecosphere and industrial metabolism; Exergy; Sustainable development; Sustainable Process Index

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL EVALUATION; METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABLE PROCESS INDEX;

EID: 0030153478     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0925-8574(95)00060-7     Document Type: Article

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