Combined application of energy and material flow analysis and ecological footprint for the environmental evaluation of a tailoring factory

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 237-238, Issue , 2012, Pages 231-239

  Herva, Marta ^a   Álvarez, Antonio ^b   Roca, Enrique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b Edificio Inditex   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ecological footprint; Energy and material flows; Textile industry; Umberto

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE LEVEL; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ENERGY SUPPLIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EVALUATION; INPUT VARIABLES; MATERIAL FLOW; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; MATERIALS FLOW ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGICAL CONTRIBUTIONS; PRODUCTION PROCESS; SOURCES OF ENERGY; UMBERTO;

TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; OIL;

ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ENERGY FLOW; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE; TEMPORAL PERIOD; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTTON; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ECOLOGY; ENERGY; ENERGY AND MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FIELD EMISSION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLOW RATE; GAS; MATERIAL STATE; POLLUTION; PRODUCTIVITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CLOTHING; ENVIRONMENT; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 84866766203     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2012.08.035     Document Type: Article

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