When Do Allocations and Constructs Respect Material, Energy, Financial, and Production Balances in LCA and EEIO?

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 67-84

  Majeau Bettez, Guillaume ^a,b   Wood, Richard ^a   Hertwich, Edgar G ^a   Strømman, Anders Hammer ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Co production; Energy balance; Input output analysis (IOA); Mass balance; Material flow analysis (MFA); System expansion

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY BALANCE; FINANCIAL MARKETS;

CO-PRODUCTION; INPUT OUTPUT ANALYSIS; MASS BALANCE; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; SYSTEM EXPANSION;

LIFE CYCLE;

DATA INTERPRETATION; DATA SET; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ENERGY BALANCE; FINANCIAL MARKET; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MARKET CONDITIONS; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; PRODUCTION COST;

EID: 84959173150     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jiec.12273     Document Type: Article

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