Cost data quality considerations for eco-efficiency measures

Ecological Economics

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1583-1590

  Ciroth, Andreas ^a  

^a GreenDeltaTC GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cost data quality; Eco efficiency; Life cycle costs; NUSAP scheme; Pedigree matrix

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 62349094505     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2008.08.005     Document Type: Article

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