Life Cycle Assessment of Different Low-Temperature District Heating Development Scenarios: A Case Study of Municipality in Latvia

Feofilovs, Maksims; Pakere, Ieva; Romagnoli, Francesco

Life Cycle Assessment of Different Low-Temperature District Heating Development Scenarios: A Case Study of Municipality in Latvia

Environmental and Climate Technologies

Volume 23 (2019): Issue 2 (November 2019)

By:

Maksims Feofilovs, Ieva Pakere and Francesco Romagnoli

Open Access

|Nov 2019

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rtuect-2019-0068 | Journal eISSN: 2255-8837 | Journal ISSN: 1691-5208

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Language: English

Page range: 272 - 290

Published on: Nov 18, 2019

Published by: Riga Technical University

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

Keywords:

District heating modernization,

environmental impact,

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA),

Low Temperature District Heating (LTDH),

Solar Photovoltaics (PV)

Related subjects:

Life sciences,

Life sciences, other

© 2019 Maksims Feofilovs, Ieva Pakere, Francesco Romagnoli, published by Riga Technical University
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