Biogenic Carbon and Temporary Storage Addressed with Dynamic Life Cycle Assessment

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 117-128

  Levasseur, Annie ^a   Lesage, Pascal ^a   Margni, Manuele ^a   Samson, Réjean ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon footprint; Carbon storage; Climate change; Global warming; Industrial ecology; Time

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; DIGITAL STORAGE; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES;

BIOMASS PRODUCTS; CARBON FLOW; CARBON STORAGE; DECISION MAKERS; DYNAMIC LCA; END-OF-LIFE; EUROPEAN COMMISSION; FOOTPRINT ANALYSIS; GHG EMISSION; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); PAS 2050; POLICY MAKING; PUBLICLY AVAILABLE SPECIFICATIONS; RELIABLE RESULTS; TEMPORARY STORAGE; TIME; TIME HORIZONS;

LIFE CYCLE;

BIOGENIC EMISSION; BIOMASS; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; POLICY MAKING;

EID: 84874199501     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-9290.2012.00503.x     Document Type: Article

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