Decision making methodology to reduce energy in automobile manufacturing

Leveraging Technology for a Sustainable World - Proceedings of the 19th CIRP Conference on Life Cycle Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 67-71

  McKinstry, Katherine C ^a   Arinez, Jorge ^b   Biller, Stephan ^b   Dornfeld, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Automobile manufacturing; Energy efficiency; Life cycle cost

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE; COSTS; DECISION MAKING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; HEATING; LIFE CYCLE;

AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURING; AUTOMOTIVE MANUFACTURING; CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT; DECISION MAKING METHODOLOGY; INDIRECT PROCESS; LIFECYCLE COSTS; MANUFACTURING FACILITY; MANUFACTURING PROCESS;

HVAC;

EID: 84904385882     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-29069-5_12     Document Type: Conference Paper

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