Evaluating uncertainty in environmental life-cycle assessment. A case study comparing two insulation options for a Dutch one-family dwelling

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2600-2608

  Huijbregts, Mark A J ^a   Gilijamse, Wim ^c   Ragas, Ad M J ^a   Reijnders, Lucas ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLOBAL WARMING; LIFE CYCLE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OZONE; RESEARCH;

ENVIRONMENTAL LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

CEMENT; CONCRETE; NATURAL GAS; POLYSTYRENE;

HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; INSULATION; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS;

ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CLAY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENT; EUTROPHICATION; EVALUATION; FAMILY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEATING; HOME; HUMAN; INSULATION; LIFE CYCLE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NETHERLANDS; OZONE LAYER; PARAMETER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECYCLING; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRATOSPHERE; TECHNIQUE; WOOD;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; HOUSING; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 0037675020     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es020971+     Document Type: Article

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