Ecodesign requirements for televisions - Is energy consumption in the use phase the only relevant requirement?

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1098-1105

  Huulgaard, Rikke Dorothea ^a   Dalgaard, Randi ^b   Merciai, Stefano ^b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b 2 0 LCA Consultants ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ecodesign; Ecodesign directive; EU regulation; Impact assessment; Life cycle assessment; Product life cycle; Television

Indexed keywords

INORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECODESIGN; ECOTOXICITY; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; INDUSTRY; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS TECHNOLOGY; PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE; RECYCLING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; TELEVISION;

EID: 84879503916     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: 16147502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11367-013-0554-8     Document Type: Article

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