Towards life cycle sustainability assessment: An implementation to photovoltaic modules

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1068-1079

  Traverso, Marzia ^a   Asdrubali, Francesco ^b   Francia, Annalisa ^c   Finkbeiner, Matthias ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c Solsonica Spa   (Italy)

Author keywords

LCA; LCC; Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment; Photovoltaic modules; S LCA; Social indicators

Indexed keywords

SILICON;

ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; DISABILITY; DISABILITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; ENERGY COST; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GERMANY; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; ITALY; LAND USE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; LIFE CYCLE SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT; PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84865083457     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: 16147502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11367-012-0433-8     Document Type: Article

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