Closing data gaps for LCA of food products: Estimating the energy demand of food processing

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 1132-1140

  Sanjuán, Neus ^a   Stoessel, Franziska ^b   Hellweg, Stefanie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORTS; ENVIRONMENTAL DATA; ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION; ESTIMATION TOOLS; HEAT AND ELECTRICITY; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); PURCHASING DECISIONS; SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTS;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; CARBON DIOXIDE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; FOOD PRODUCTS; LIFE CYCLE; PROCESSING; SALES; TOOLS;

THERMAL PROCESSING (FOODS);

DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ENERGY PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD QUALITY; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; STAKEHOLDER;

ARTICLE; CONSUMER; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; EVAPORATION; FOOD; FOOD PROCESSING; FREEZING; FRYING; GOVERNMENT; HEAT; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; PASTEURIZATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD PACKAGING; STATISTICS; THERMODYNAMICS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FOOD; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD PACKAGING; FREEZING; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84892715931     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es4033716     Document Type: Article

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