The environmental bill of material and technology routing: An integrated LCA approach

Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 191-196

  De Benedetto, Luca ^a   Klemeš, Jiří ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PANNONIA   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Environmental performance; LCA; Strategic decision making

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LIFE CYCLE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BILL OF MATERIALS; ENVIRONMENTAL BURDENS; ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINTS; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGY; PRODUCTION PROCESS; STRATEGIC DECISION MAKING; SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS;

ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 77953357283     PISSN: 1618954X     EISSN: 16189558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10098-009-0247-y     Document Type: Article

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