Application of the Cereal Unit in a new allocation procedure for agricultural life cycle assessments

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 73, Issue , 2014, Pages 72-79

  Brankatschk, Gerhard ^a   Finkbeiner, Matthias ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Allocation; Cereal Unit; Co product; Life Cycle Assessment

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; CEREAL PRODUCTS; LIFE CYCLE; SUGAR BEETS;

ALLOCATION; CEREAL UNIT; CO-PRODUCTS; ENVIRONMENTAL BURDENS; FUTURE APPLICATIONS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); METABOLIZABLE ENERGIES; PRODUCTS AND SERVICES;

AGRICULTURE;

ANIMALIA; BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; BRASSICA NAPUS; GLYCINE MAX; HELIANTHUS; HORDEUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84901295874     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.02.005     Document Type: Article

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