A global sustainability perspective on 3D printing technologies

Energy Policy

Volumn 74, Issue C, 2014, Pages 158-167

  Gebler, Malte ^a   Schoot Uiterkamp, Anton J M ^a   Visser, Cindy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

3D printing; CO2 emissions; Costs; Industrial manufacturing; Life cycle; TPES

Indexed keywords

3D PRINTERS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHAINS; COMMERCE; CONSUMER PRODUCTS; COSTS; ECONOMICS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; MANUFACTURE; PRINTING; SUPPLY CHAINS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

3-D PRINTING; AUTOMOTIVE MANUFACTURING; COMPONENT MANUFACTURING; COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT; INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING; QUALITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING (3DP); TPES;

LIFE CYCLE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; COST; ENERGY USE; MANUFACTURING; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84924127334     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2014.08.033     Document Type: Article

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