Journal article
Life-Cycle Energy Use and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory for Water Treatment Systems
Abstract
Given the rising concerns over scarce energy resources and global climate change, life-cycle inventories focusing on energy use and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions were developed for the City of Toronto municipal water treatment system (WTS). Three processes within the facility use phase of the life cycle were considered: Chemical production, transportation of materials, and water treatment plant operation. The impacts of chemical manufacturing …
Authors
Racoviceanu AI; Karney BW; Kennedy CA; Colombo AF
Journal
Journal of Infrastructure Systems, Vol. 13, No. 4, pp. 261–270
Publisher
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Publication Date
December 2007
DOI
10.1061/(asce)1076-0342(2007)13:4(261)
ISSN
1076-0342