Revisiting energy used to manufacture a desktop computer: Hybrid analysis combining process and economic input-output methods

IEEE International Symposium on Electronics and the Environment

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 80-85

  Williams, Eric D ^a  

^a UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Energy; Input output analysis; Life cycle assessment; Manufacturing; Personal computers

Indexed keywords

CUTOFF ERROR; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); SUPPLY CHAIN;

CATHODE RAY TUBES; DOMESTIC APPLIANCES; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOSSIL FUELS; LIFE CYCLE;

PERSONAL COMPUTERS;

EID: 4444327783     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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