Comparative Carbon Footprint Assessment of commercial walk-in refrigeration systems under different use configurations

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 112, Issue , 2016, Pages 3998-4011

  Cascini, Alessandro ^a   Gamberi, Mauro ^b   Mora, Cristina ^a   Rosano, Michele ^c   Bortolini, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon footprint; Fluorinated gas; Global Warming Potential; Life Cycle Assessment; Refrigeration

Indexed keywords

CARBON FOOTPRINT; COMMERCIAL REFRIGERATION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FLUOROCARBONS; FOOD STORAGE; GLOBAL WARMING; LIFE CYCLE; REFRIGERANTS; REFRIGERATING MACHINERY; REFRIGERATION; RETROFITTING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TEMPERATURE; THERMOSTATS;

ALTERNATIVE REFRIGERANT; ELECTRIC ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE INDICES; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; INTERNATIONAL REGULATIONS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA);

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

EID: 84959535945     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.08.075     Document Type: Article

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