Assessment of CO2 emissions reduction in a distribution warehouse

Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 2271-2277

  Rai, Deepak ^a   Sodagar, Behzad ^b   Fieldson, Rosi ^c   Hu, Xiao ^d  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

^c Simons Design   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Carbon footprint; Distribution warehouses; Embodied impact; Operational impact

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESIGN; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY UTILIZATION; WAREHOUSES;

CARBON FOOTPRINT; DISTRIBUTION WAREHOUSES; EMBODIED IMPACT; OPERATIONAL IMPACTS;

BUILDINGS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CARBON EMISSION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EMISSION INVENTORY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY USE; LIGHT EFFECT; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79952814030     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2010.05.006     Document Type: Article

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