Greenhouse gas emissions and costs over the life cycle of wood and alternative flooring materials

Climatic Change

Volumn 64, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 143-167

  Petersen, Ann Kristin ^a   Solberg, Birger ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARPET MANUFACTURE; COST EFFECTIVENESS; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; WOOL;

CARBON FIXATION; GREENHOUSE GASES (GHG);

GLOBAL WARMING;

EMISSION CONTROL; GREENHOUSE GAS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; WOOD;

QUERCUS;

EID: 3343008088     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:CLIM.0000024689.70143.79     Document Type: Article

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