Applying life cycle thinking to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from road projects

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 57, Issue , 2013, Pages 79-91

  Barandica, Jesús M ^a   Fernández Sánchez, Gonzalo ^b   Berzosa, Álvaro ^a   Delgado, Juan A ^a   Acosta, Francisco J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD EUROPEA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carbon footprint; GHG emissions; Infrastructure projects; Life cycle assessment; Road construction

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES; CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; CONSTRUCTION SECTORS; GHG EMISSION; INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFE CYCLE PERSPECTIVES; LIFE CYCLE THINKING;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; LIFE CYCLE; ROAD CONSTRUCTION;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

EID: 84883465902     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2013.05.036     Document Type: Article

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