Eco-efficiency improvements in industrial water-service systems: Assessing options with stakeholders

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2113-2121

  Levidow, Les ^a   Lindgaard Jørgensen, Palle ^b   Nilsson, Åsa ^c   Skenhall, Sara Alongi ^c   Assimacopoulos, Dionysis ^d  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DHI   (Denmark)

^c IVL SWEDISH ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Arla; Eco efficiency; Innovative practices; Meso level; Volvo; Water service systems

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ARLA; ECO-EFFICIENCY; INNOVATIVE PRACTICES; MESOLEVEL; VOLVO;

EFFICIENCY;

SILANE;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FRAGMENTATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INVESTMENT; STAKEHOLDER; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; INDUSTRY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; ENVIRONMENT; EUTROPHICATION; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 84901851150     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2014.131     Document Type: Article

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