Evaluating the environmental benefits of industrial symbiosis: Discussion and demonstration of a new approach

Progress in Industrial Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 502-517

  Wolf, Anna ^a   Karlsson, Magnus ^a,b  

^a LINKÖPING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

CO2 emissions; Environmental assessment; Industrial symbiosis; MIND method; Optimisation

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; OPTIMIZATION; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 60849135146     PISSN: 14768917     EISSN: 14788764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/pie.2008.023413     Document Type: Article

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