SENSE tool: easy-to-use web-based tool to calculate food product environmental impact

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 710-721

  Ramos, Saioa ^a   Larrinaga, Lohitzune ^b   Albinarrate, Unai ^b   Jungbluth, Niels ^c   Ingolfsdottir, Gyda Mjöll ^d   Yngvadottir, Eva ^d   Landquist, Birgit ^e   Woodhouse, Anna ^e   Olafsdottir, Gudrun ^f   Esturo, Aintzane ^a,g   Zufía, Jaime ^a   Perez Villareal, Begoña ^a  

^a MARINE RESEARCH DIVISION   (Spain)

^b INGENET Computer and Control Engineering   (Spain)

^c ESU services Ltd   (Switzerland)

^d EFLA CONSULTING ENGINEERS   (Iceland)

^e SP TECHNICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^g SGF International sV Am Hahnenbusch 14a ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Beef; Benchmarking; Dairy; Food SME; Impact assessment; Online LCA tool; Orange juice; Salmon; SENSE project

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER; FRESH WATER; PESTICIDE;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT; ANIMAL FOOD; AQUACULTURE PRODUCT; ARTICLE; BEEF; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DAIRY PRODUCT; ENERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FIELD EMISSION; FOOD; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PACKAGING; FRUIT JUICE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LAND USE; LIFE CYCLE; LIVESTOCK; MARKETING; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM SUSTAINABILITY; SALMONINE; SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZE ENTERPRISE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOLID WASTE; STANDARDIZATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84946130367     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: 16147502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11367-015-0980-x     Document Type: Article

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