Cradle to Cradle and LCA - Is there a conflict?

Glocalized Solutions for Sustainability in Manufacturing - Proceedings of the 18th CIRP International Conference on Life Cycle Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 599-604

  Bjørn, Anders ^a   Hauschild, Michael Z ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cradle to Cradle; Life cycle assessment; Sustainable product design

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ECODESIGN; PRODUCT DESIGN; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CRADLE TO CRADLES; ENERGY SOURCE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); RESOURCE CONSERVATION; SUSTAINABLE PRODUCT DESIGNS;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 80052121659     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-19692-8_104     Document Type: Conference Paper

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