Improvements to emergy evaluations by using life cycle assessment

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 4701-4712

  Rugani, Benedetto ^a   Benetto, Enrico ^a  

^a LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTING PROCEDURES; COMPUTATIONAL FRAMEWORK; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; EMERGY EVALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; EVALUATION METHOD; HUMAN LABOR; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFE CYCLE IMPACT ASSESSMENT; LIFE CYCLE INVENTORIES; MATRIX INVERSIONS; MULTI-CRITERIA; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; REPRODUCIBILITIES; SUPPORTING SYSTEMS; SYSTEM BOUNDARY; TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION; USING LIFE;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

LIFE CYCLE;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; EMERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; STAKEHOLDER; STANDARDIZATION;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECOSYSTEM; EMERGY; ENERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOTHERMAL EMERGY; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOLAR EMERGY; TIDAL EMERGY;

ALGORITHMS; ENVIRONMENT; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84860475422     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es203440n     Document Type: Article

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