Cumulative energy demand as predictor for the environmental burden of commodity production

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2189-2196

  Huijbregts, Mark A J ^a   Hellweg, Stefanie ^b   Frischknecht, Rolf ^c   Hendriks, Harrie W M ^a   Hungehbühler, Konrad ^b   Hendriks, A Jan ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c ESU services   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; CUMULATIVE ENERGY DEMANDS; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL BURDENS; ENVIRONMENTAL LIFE CYCLE; FOSSIL ENERGY; IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; LIFE CYCLE IMPACT ASSESSMENT; LIFE-CYCLE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; BUILDING MATERIALS; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; INORGANIC CHEMICALS; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; LIFE CYCLE; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

GLASS; INORGANIC COMPOUND; METAL; PLASTIC;

CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL; DEMAND ANALYSIS; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FOSSIL FUEL; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; ENERGY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOSSIL ENERGY; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; METHODOLOGY; PAPER;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INDUSTRY;

EID: 77949372616     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es902870s     Document Type: Article

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