Life cycle assessment of commercial furniture: A case study of Formway LIFE chair

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 401-411

  Babarenda Gamage, Gayathri ^a,b   Boyle, Carol ^a   McLaren, Sarah J ^c   McLaren, Jake ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b Formway Furniture Ltd   (New Zealand)

^c LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Carbon footprint; Case study; Commercial furniture; LCA; LIFE chair; Life cycle assessment; Office furniture

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; METAL; NYLON; PLASTIC;

ARTICLE; FURNITURE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; NEW ZEALAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 48349148065     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11367-008-0002-3     Document Type: Article

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