Domestic heat pumps: Life cycle environmental impacts and potential implications for the UK

Energy

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 205-217

  Greening, Benjamin ^a   Azapagic, Adisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Environmental impacts; Greenhouse gas emissions; Heat pumps; Life cycle assessment

Indexed keywords

BOILERS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS;

FOSSIL RESOURCES; GAS BOILERS; HEAT PUMPS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; LIFE CYCLE IMPACTS; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; LIFE-CYCLE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MATERIAL REQUIREMENTS;

LIFE CYCLE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; HEATING; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; PUMP; SMOG;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84857691428     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2012.01.028     Document Type: Article

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