Sustainable strategies analysis through Life Cycle Assessment: A case study in a furniture industry

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 96, Issue , 2015, Pages 308-318

  Iritani, D R ^a   Silva, D A L ^a   Saavedra, Y M B ^a   Grael, P F F ^a   Ometto, A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Environmental impact; Environmental performance; Life Cycle Assessment (LCA); Medium density particleboard(MDP); Sustainability; Sustainable strategy

Indexed keywords

ABSTRACTING; ARTIFICIAL LIFE; BISMUTH ALLOYS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GALLIUM ALLOYS; GLOBAL WARMING; MANUFACTURE; PARTICLE BOARD; POLLUTION CONTROL; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ATTRIBUTIONAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROFILE; GLOBAL MINIMIZATION; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFE CYCLE PERSPECTIVES; MEDIUM DENSITY PARTICLEBOARD(MDP); SUSTAINABLE STRATEGIES;

LIFE CYCLE;

ACIDIFICATION; COMPUTER PROGRAMS; E I S; FURNITURE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; PARTICLE BOARDS; RAW MATERIALS; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84928207393     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.05.029     Document Type: Article

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