Recycled-PET fibre based panels for building thermal insulation: Environmental impact and improvement potential assessment for a greener production

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 493, Issue , 2014, Pages 914-929

  Ingrao, Carlo ^a   Lo Giudice, Agata ^b   Tricase, Caterina ^c   Rana, Roberto ^c   Mbohwa, Charles ^b   Siracusa, Valentina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Buildings; Environmental sustainability; Life Cycle Assessment; RPET fibre; Thermal insulation; Transportation

Indexed keywords

BOTTLES; BUILDINGS; DAMAGE DETECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FIBER BONDING; HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; INCINERATION; MINERAL WOOL; PLASTIC BOTTLES; PLASTIC RECYCLING; POLYETHYLENES; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TEXTILE FIBERS; THERMAL INSULATION; TRANSPORTATION;

ELECTRICITY-CONSUMPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; IMPROVEMENT ASSESSMENT; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); MUNICIPAL INCINERATION; RECYCLED POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; RESOURCE CONSUMPTION; RPET-FIBRE;

LIFE CYCLE; BUILDINGS;

POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; POLYSTYRENE;

BUILDING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; INCINERATION; LANDFILL; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; RECYCLING; SUSTAINABILITY; TRANSPORTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; INSULATION;

ACIDIFICATION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; BUILDING THERMAL INSULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSTRUCTION WORK; ECOTOXICITY; ENERGY COST; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; EUTROPHICATION; HEALTH HAZARD; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; NITRIFICATION; PLASTIC BOTTLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; WASTE MANAGEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; FIBER; INCINERATION; INTERVIEW; LANDFILL; THERMAL INSULATOR; WOOL;

EID: 84903849875     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.06.022     Document Type: Article

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