A first iteration of an eco-efficiency assessment of Sofia's urban water system

Procedia Engineering

Volumn 70, Issue , 2014, Pages 1411-1420

  Ribarova, I ^a   Stanchev, P ^a   Dimova, G ^a   Assimacopoulos, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARCHITECTURE   (Bulgaria)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Eco effficiency; Indicators; ISO 14045; Life cycle assessment; Urban water systems

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; INDICATORS (INSTRUMENTS); ITERATIVE METHODS; WATERWORKS;

ECO-EFFFICIENCY; ECO-EFFICIENCY ASSESSMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; ISO 14045; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFE CYCLE IMPACT ASSESSMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL IMPROVEMENTS; URBAN WATER SYSTEMS;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 84899696320     PISSN: 18777058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2014.02.156     Document Type: Conference Paper

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