Scaling Relationships in Life Cycle Assessment: The Case of Heat Production from Biomass and Heat Pumps

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 393-406

  Caduff, Marloes ^a   Huijbregts, Mark A J ^b   Koehler, Annette ^a   Althaus, Hans Jörg ^c   Hellweg, Stefanie ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Empirical modeling; Global warming potential; Heat production systems; Scaling factors; Size scaling; Space heating

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FURNACES; GLOBAL WARMING; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; OZONE LAYER; REFRIGERANTS; SPACE HEATING;

EMPIRICAL MODEL; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; HEAT PRODUCTION; SCALING FACTORS; SIZE SCALING;

LIFE CYCLE;

BIOMASS; ELECTRICAL METHOD; GLOBAL WARMING; HEATING; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; OZONE DEPLETION; PUMP;

EID: 84902316542     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jiec.12122     Document Type: Article

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