Taking into account water use impacts in the LCA of biofuels: An Argentinean case study

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 869-877

  Faist Emmenegger, Mireille ^a   Pfister, Stephan ^b   Koehler, Annette ^b   De Giovanetti, Luca ^a,b   Arena, Alejandro Pablo ^c   Zah, Rainer ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLÓGICA NACIONAL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Biofuels; Life cycle assessment; Rapeseed; Water consumption; Water scarcity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876374465     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: 16147502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11367-011-0327-1     Document Type: Article

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