Towards greening a university campus: The case of the University of Maribor, Slovenia

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 639-644

  Lukman, Rebeka ^a   Tiwary, Abhishek ^b   Azapagic, Adisa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental impacts; Environmental management; Greening universities; Life cycle assessment; Waste management

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC COSTS; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; GREENING UNIVERSITIES; HOT SPOT; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; SLOVENIA; UNIVERSITY CAMPUS; WATER CONSUMPTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HEATING; LAND FILL; LIFE CYCLE; PLASTIC BOTTLES; RECYCLING; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE INCINERATION; WATER SUPPLY;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

PLASTIC; WATER;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; UNIVERSITY SECTOR; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; BUILDING; CONSTRUCTION WORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; FLUID INTAKE; HEATING; INCINERATION; LANDFILL; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; PAPER; RECYCLING; SLOVENIA; UNIVERSITY; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; MARIBOR; SLOVENIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 68749108079     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2009.04.014     Document Type: Article

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