Integrated life cycle sustainability assessment - A practical approach applied to biorefineries

Applied Energy

Volumn 154, Issue , 2015, Pages 1072-1081

  Keller, Heiko ^a   Rettenmaier, Nils ^a   Reinhardt, Guido Andreas ^a  

^a IFEU Institute for Energy and Environmental Research Heidelberg GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biorefinery; Decision support; Life cycle assessment; Life cycle sustainability assessment; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

CONCRETES; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; REFINING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BIOREFINERIES; CONCRETE APPLICATIONS; DECISION SITUATION; DECISION SUPPORTS; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFE CYCLE SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENTS; STRATEGIC DECISIONS;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 84946491267     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: 18729118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.01.095     Document Type: Article

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