Building consensus in life cycle assessment: The potential for a Canadian product category rules standard to enhance credibility in greenhouse gas emissions estimates for Alberta's oil sands

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 103, Issue , 2015, Pages 525-533

  Rainville, Anne ^a   Hawkins, Richard ^a   Bergerson, Joule ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Greenhouse gas emissions; Life cycle assessment; Oil sands; Product category rules; Standardization

Indexed keywords

CRUDE OIL; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; OIL SANDS; SAND; STANDARDIZATION; STANDARDS;

IMPROVE PERFORMANCE; INITIAL DEVELOPMENT; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFE CYCLE EMISSIONS; LONG-TERM EFFECTS; PROCESS ISSUES; PRODUCT CATEGORIES; STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 84953359056     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.06.067     Document Type: Article

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