Applying Cumulative Exergy Demand (CExD) indicators to the ecoinvent database

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 181-190

  Bösch, Michael E ^a   Hellweg, Stefanie ^a   Huijbregts, Mark A J ^b   Frischknecht, Rolf ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c Ecoinvent Centre   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cumulative energy demand (CED); Cumulative exergy demand (CExD); Ecoinvent database; Energy efficiency, exergy; Life cycle assessment (LCA); Resource efficiency, resource quality demand

Indexed keywords

COAL; METAL; MINERAL; NATURAL GAS; PEAT; PETROLEUM; URANIUM; WATER;

AIR; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA BASE; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOSSIL; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; NUCLEAR ENERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; THERMODYNAMICS; WOOD;

EID: 84930484206     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1065/lca2006.11.282     Document Type: Article

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