Estimating Environmental Behavior Without Performing a Life Cycle Assessment

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 31-42

  Collado Ruiz, Daniel ^a   Ostad Ahmad Ghorabi, Hesamedin ^a  

^a Magna Steyr AG & Co KG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Early design stages; Eco design; Estimations; Industrial ecology; Life cycle assessment (LCA); Product development

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ESTIMATION; PRODUCT DESIGN; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

EARLY DESIGN STAGES; ECO-DESIGN TOOLS; ECODESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROFILE; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; LEVELS OF ABSTRACTION; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFE CYCLE STAGES; TEAM PERFORMANCE;

LIFE CYCLE;

DATABASE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ESTIMATION METHOD; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; INNOVATION; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84874208864     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-9290.2012.00510.x     Document Type: Article

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