Assessing the Replacement of Electrical Home Appliances for the Environment: An Aid to Consumer Decision Making Tasaki et al. Replacement of Home Appliances for the Environment

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 290-298

  Tasaki, Tomohiro ^a   Motoshita, Masaharu ^b   Uchida, Hiroyuki ^c   Suzuki, Yasufumi ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c MIZUHO INFORMATION AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d Hinodeya Institute for Eco life   (Japan)

Author keywords

Consumer behavior; Decision making; Energy efficient product; Industrial ecology; Life cycle assessment (LCA); Sustainable consumption

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LIFE CYCLE; REFRIGERATORS;

ASSESSMENT APPROACHES; CONSUMER DECISION MAKING; ELECTRICAL HOME APPLIANCES; ENERGY-EFFICIENT PRODUCTS; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION;

DOMESTIC APPLIANCES;

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; REPLACEMENT; SUSTAINABILITY;

JAPAN;

EID: 84876325843     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-9290.2012.00551.x     Document Type: Article

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