Uncertainty and variability in accounting for grid electricity in life cycle assessment

2009 IEEE International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology, ISSST '09 in Cooperation with 2009 IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society, ISTAS

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Weber, Christopher L ^a   Jaramillo, Paulina ^a   Marriott, Joe ^b   Samaras, Constantine ^c  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Electricity; Greenhouse gas emissions; Life cycle assessment

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER; ENVIRONMENTAL EMISSIONS; GRID ELECTRICITY; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; POLICY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAIN INFORMATIONS; UNCERTAINTY AND VARIABILITY;

ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; GREENHOUSES; LEAKAGE (FLUID); TECHNOLOGY;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 77950996061     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISSST.2009.5156776     Document Type: Conference Paper

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