The environmental product declaration EPD with a particular application to a solar thermal collector

Advances in Ecological Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue , 2003, Pages 325-335

  Ardente, F ^a   Beccali, G ^a   Cellura, M ^a   Lo Brano, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; DECISION MAKING; DIFFUSION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ENERGY SECTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCT DECLARATION (EPD); INTEGRATED PRODUCT POLICY (IPP); SOLAR THERMAL COLLECTOR;

SOLAR COLLECTORS;

EID: 2942694183     PISSN: 13698273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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