Investigations of life cycle climate performance and material life cycle assessment of packaged air conditioners for residential application

Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments

Volumn 11, Issue , 2015, Pages 114-125

  Li, Gang ^a,b  

^a Ingersoll Rand Residential Solutions   (United States)

^b Ingersoll Rand Engineering and Technology Center Asia Pacific   (China)

Author keywords

Air conditioner; Life cycle assessment; Life cycle climate performance; Material; Packaged; Seasonal energy efficiency ratio

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; DOMESTIC APPLIANCES; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; MATERIALS; REFRIGERANTS;

DEGRADATION COEFFICIENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); MATERIAL LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MICRO-CHANNEL HEAT EXCHANGERS; PACKAGED; PACKAGED AIR CONDITIONERS; SEASONAL ENERGY EFFICIENCY RATIOS;

LIFE CYCLE;

AIR CONDITIONING; CARBON EMISSION; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY USE; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84939173358     PISSN: 22131388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seta.2015.07.002     Document Type: Article

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