Comparative Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of streetlight technologies for minor roads in united arab emirates

Energy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 438-450

  Abdul Hadi, Sabina ^a   Al Kaabi, Muna R ^a   Al Ali, Meshayel O ^a   Arafat, Hassan A ^a  

^a KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Ceramic Metal Halide (CMH); Life cycle assessment (LCA); Light Emitting Diode (LED); Photovoltaic (PV); Streetlight; United Arab Emirates

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; FIXTURES (TOOLING); FOSSIL FUELS; LIFE CYCLE; METAL ANALYSIS; METAL HALIDE LAMPS; METAL HALIDES; RAW MATERIALS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SOLAR POWER PLANTS; STREET LIGHTING;

CERAMIC METAL HALIDES; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); PHOTOVOLTAIC; STREETLIGHT; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SOFTWARE;

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 84884816248     PISSN: 09730826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.esd.2013.05.001     Document Type: Article

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