eVerdEE: A web-based screening life cycle assessment tool for European small and medium-sized enterprises

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5583, Issue , 2004, Pages 171-178

  Naldesi, Luciano ^a   Buttol, Patrizia ^a   Masoni, Paolo ^a   Misceo, Monica ^a   Sára, Balázs ^b  

^a ENEA   (Italy)

^b FEBE EcoLogic   (Italy)

Author keywords

Integrated Product Policy; Life Cycle Assessment; Small and Medium sized Enterprises

Indexed keywords

INTEGRATED PRODUCT POLICY (IPP); LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); PUBLIC SECTOR INFORMATION (PSI); SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED ENTERPRISES (SME);

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DATA ACQUISITION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; MARKETING; WORLD WIDE WEB;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 17144418589     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.570170     Document Type: Conference Paper

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