Life cycle assessment: Past, present, and future

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 90-96

  Guinée, Jeroen B ^a   Heijungs, Reinout ^a   Huppes, Gjalt ^a   Zamagni, Alessandra ^b   Masoni, Paolo ^b   Buonamici, Roberto ^b   Ekvall, Tomas ^c   Rydberg, Tomas ^c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ENEA   (Italy)

^c IVL SWEDISH ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL BURDENS; ENVIRONMENTAL LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; INTEGRATION FRAMEWORKS; KNOWLEDGE GAPS; LIFE CYCLE COSTING MODEL; LIFE CYCLE IMPACT ASSESSMENT; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; RESEARCH PROGRAMS; SUSTAINABILITY ANALYSIS;

ENERGY MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; RATING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

LIFE CYCLE;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 78650701838     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es101316v     Document Type: Article

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