Transport energy embodied in consumer goods: A hybrid life-cycle analysis

Energy and Environment

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 27-45

  Munksgaard, Jesper ^a   Lenzen, Manfred ^b   Jensen, Thomas C ^c   Pade, Lise Lotte ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF GOVERNMENTAL RESEARCH   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c DANISH ENERGY AGENCY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Food; Hybrid life cycle analysis; Input output modelling; Transport energy

Indexed keywords

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; LIFE CYCLE; TRANSPORTATION;

CONSUMER GOODS; INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT; TRANSPORT DISTANCES;

ENERGY TRANSFER;

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ENERGY USE; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS;

DENMARK; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; WORLD;

EID: 13944269904     PISSN: 0958305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/0958305053516280     Document Type: Article

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