The blue and grey water footprint of construction materials: Steel, cement and glass

Water Resources and Industry

Volumn 19, Issue , 2018, Pages 1-12

  Gerbens Leenes, P W ^a   Hoekstra, A Y ^b,c   Bosman, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cement; Glass; Industrial water use; Life Cycle Assessment; Steel; Water footprint

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; CADMIUM; CEMENTS; CHAINS; COMPUTATIONAL ELECTROMAGNETICS; GLASS; LIME; MERCURY (METAL); PORTLAND CEMENT; STEEL; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

ACCOUNTING PROCEDURES; COMPOSITE CEMENTS; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCT; INDUSTRIAL WATER; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFE CYCLE INVENTORY; WATER CONSUMPTION; WATER FOOTPRINT;

LIFE CYCLE;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CEMENT; COMPOSITE; CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL; COPPER; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY USE; GLASS; INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; INVENTORY; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; POLLUTANT; STEEL; WATER FOOTPRINT; WATER USE;

EID: 85034988480     PISSN: 22123717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wri.2017.11.002     Document Type: Article

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