Life cycle tools within Ford of Europe's product sustainability index case study Ford S-MAX & Ford Galaxy

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 315-322

  Schmidt, Wulf Peter ^a   Butt, Frank ^a  

^a FORD WERKE GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Automotive studies; Design for environment; Life cycle assessment (LCA); Life cycle costing (LCC); Product design; Sustainability; Sustainable development; Vehicles

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EUROPE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MOTOR VEHICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 33749634667     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1065/lca2006.08.267     Document Type: Article

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