Life cycle assessment of four microgenerators: Carbon footprints and payback times

Domestic Microgeneration: Renewable and Distributed Energy Technologies, Policies and Economics

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 299-318

  Allen, Stephen ^a   McManus, Marcelle ^b   Staffell, Iain ^c  

^a Circular Ecology Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84976576113     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315697109-22     Document Type: Chapter

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