A NEW METRIC-BASED LCA METHOD FOR ASSESSING THE SUSTAINABILITY PERFORMANCE OF METALLIC AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENTS

This thesis presents a new metric-based Life-cycle Assessment (LCA) method for assessing the sustainability performance of metallic automotive components. The unique feature of this research work include the development and use of a metrics-based product sustainability index (ProdSI) methodology by...

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Main Author: ZHANG, XIANGXUE
Format: Others
Published: UKnowledge 2012
Subjects:
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Online Access:http://uknowledge.uky.edu/me_etds/15
http://uknowledge.uky.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1013&context=me_etds