Tool for the environmental assessment of cranes based on parameterization

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 392-400

  Ostad Ahmad Ghorabi, Hesamedin ^a   Collado Ruiz, Daniel ^b  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cranes; Ecodesign; Engineering design; Environmental performance indicator; Product modeling; Result visualization; Simplified LCA

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; METAL INDUSTRY; PARAMETRIC TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; VALIDATION PROCESS;

GRUIDAE;

EID: 79960641121     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: 16147502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11367-011-0280-z     Document Type: Article

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