Material, energy and environmental performance of technological and social systems under a Life Cycle Assessment perspective

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 222, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 176-189

  Ulgiati, S ^a   Ascione, M ^b   Bargigli, S ^a   Cherubini, F ^c   Franzese, P P ^a   Raugei, M ^d   Viglia, S ^a   Zucaro, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Emergy; Integrated evaluation; Life cycle assessment

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT PROCEDURE; CONSISTENT PERFORMANCE; CONVERSION SYSTEMS; EMERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; INPUT DATAS; INTEGRATED EVALUATION; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; LOCAL SCALE; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; MATERIAL RESOURCES; MULTI METHODS; MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES; MULTISCALES; RESOURCE USE; SOCIAL SYSTEMS; SPACE AND TIME; TIME EVOLUTIONS; TIME-SCALE EFFECTS; URBAN SYSTEMS;

ALTERNATIVE FUELS; BENCHMARKING; BIOFUELS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

LIFE CYCLE;

EMERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL AUDITING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; RESOURCE USE; TIMESCALE; URBAN SYSTEM; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 78049482136     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2010.09.005     Document Type: Article

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