Eco-functional assessment combined with life cycle analysis: Concept and applications

Energy Education Science and Technology Part A: Energy Science and Research

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 435-450

  Muthu, Subramanian Senthilkannan ^a   Li, Y ^a   Hu, J Y ^a   Mok, P Y ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Consumer behaviour; Ecological properties; Functional properties; Functional unit; Shopping bags

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ECOLOGICAL PROPERTY; FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES; FUNCTIONAL UNITS; HONG-KONG; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFE CYCLE IMPACTS; NON-WOVEN; RESEARCH QUESTIONS; SHOPPING BAGS; SINGLE PLATFORM;

CARBON FOOTPRINT; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; DAMAGE DETECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; POLYPROPYLENES; WEAVING;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 84861994600     PISSN: 1308772X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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