Manufacturing actor's LCA

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 19, Issue 17-18, 2011, Pages 2025-2033

  Löfgren, Birger ^a   Tillman, Anne Marie ^b   Rinde, Björn ^a  

^a SKF Group   (Netherlands)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Actors LCA; Decision making; LCA functional unit; LCA system boundaries; Life cycle assessment (LCA); Life cycle management (LCM); Manufacturing

Indexed keywords

ACTORS LCA; FUNCTIONAL UNITS; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT; SYSTEM BOUNDARY;

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; MANUFACTURE;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 80052437800     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2011.07.008     Document Type: Article

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