Green-MAC-LCCP©: Life-cycle climate performance metric for mobile air conditioning technology choice

Environmental Progress and Sustainable Energy

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 234-247

  Papasavva, Stella ^a,c   Andersen, Stephen O ^b,d  

^a GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c Technology and Economic Assessment Panel ^*  (United States)

^d Montreal Protocol Technology and Economic Assessment Panel   (United States)

Author keywords

greenhouse gases; HFC; industrial ecology; life cycle analysis; mobile air conditioning; refrigerant

Indexed keywords

AIRCONDITIONING SYSTEMS; ALTERNATIVE REFRIGERANT; AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERS; ANTHROPOGENIC CLIMATE CHANGES; BASELINE SYSTEMS; BUSINESS-AS-USUAL; ENVIRONMENTALLY SUPERIOR TECHNOLOGIES; GHG EMISSION; GLOBAL CO; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; HFC; HFC-134A; HYDROCHLOROFLUOROCARBON; HYDROFLUOROCARBONS; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MOBILE AIR CONDITIONING; STRATOSPHERIC OZONE DEPLETION; TECHNOLOGY-BASED;

AIR CONDITIONING; ANTIBODIES; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENGINEERS; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; OZONE; OZONE LAYER; REFRIGERANTS;

FLUOROCARBONS;

EID: 79958181074     PISSN: 19447442     EISSN: 19447450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ep.10465     Document Type: Article

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