Electrical and electronic components in the automotive sector: Economic and environmental assessment

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 328-335

  Alonso, Juan C ^a   Dose, Julia ^b   Fleischer, Günter ^b   Geraghty, Kate ^c   Greif, André ^b   Rodrigo, Julio ^d   Schmidt, Wulf Peter ^e  

^a LEAR Automotive ^*  (Spain)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c ROHM AND HAAS COMPANY   (United States)

^d SIMPPLE   (Spain)

^e FORD WERKE GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Automotive electrical and electronic components; Design alternatives; Dismantling; End of life scenarios; LCA case studies; LCC case studies; Recycling; Smart junction box; Wire harness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAR; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ELECTRONICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT;

HARNESS;

EID: 84930484721     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1065/lca2006.08.263     Document Type: Article

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