Sustainability Assessment of Complex Energy Systems Using Life Cycle Approach-Case Study: Arizona State University Tempe Campus

Procedia Engineering

Volumn 145, Issue , 2016, Pages 1096-1103

  Moslehi, S ^a   Arababadi, R ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adaptive management; energy Infrastructure; fuel mix; life cycle sustainability assessment; solar PV penetration; sustainability

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOSSIL FUELS; FUELS; LIFE CYCLE; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURES; FUEL MIX; LIFE CYCLE SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENTS; SOLAR PVS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84999622334     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18777058     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2016.04.142     Document Type: Conference Paper

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