Using screening level environmental life cycle assessment to aid decision making: A case study of a college annual report

International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 6-18

  Ingwersen, Wesley W ^a   Curran, Mary Ann ^a   Gonzalez, Michael A ^a   Hawkins, Troy R ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Annual reports; Communications; Decision making; Electronic media; Environmental input output models; Life cycle assessment; Life cycle costs; Print media

Indexed keywords

EID: 83455178199     PISSN: 14676370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14676371211190272     Document Type: Article

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