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Functional Unit Definition

Functional Unit Definition is the methodological specification in life cycle assessment of the quantified performance of a product system that serves as the reference unit to which all inputs, outputs, and environmental impacts are related and by which alternative systems are rendered functionally comparable.

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In Defense of Proper Functions

Ruth Garrett Millikan · Philosophy of Science · 1989 · 1.1K citations

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The International System of Units (SI)

International Journal of Radiation Biology and Related Studies in Physics Chemistry and Medicine · 1984 · 257 citations

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Design of Sustainable Product Systems and Supply Chains with Life Cycle Optimization Based on Functional Unit: General Modeling Framework, Mixed-Integer Nonlinear Programming Algorithms and Case Study on Hydrocarbon Biofuels

Dajun Yue, Min Ah Kim, Fengqi You · ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering · 2013 · 173 citations

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Impact of the selection of functional unit on the life cycle assessment of green concrete

Daman K. Panesar, Karina E. Seto, Cameron J. Churchill · The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment · 2017 · 136 citations

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Functional richness: Overview of indices and underlying concepts

Gaëlle Legras, Nicolas Loiseau, JC Gaertner · Acta Oecologica · 2018 · 111 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. TS
    Thomas Schranz

    Graz University of Technology, Austria

    2 publications · 38 citations

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  2. MT
    Marzia Traverso

    RWTH Aachen University, Germany

    2 publications · 51 citations

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  3. JM
    Julien Matheys

    Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium

    2 publications · 81 citations

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  4. CM
    Christian Møldrup Legaard

    Graz University of Technology, Austria

    2 publications · 38 citations

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  5. WV
    Wout Van Autenboer

    Erasmus University College Brussels, Belgium

    2 publications · 81 citations

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Institutions

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  1. RWTH Aachen University

    Aachen, Germany

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    117 citations

  2. Graz University of Technology

    Graz, Austria

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    38 citations

  3. Erasmus University College Brussels

    Brussels, Belgium

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    81 citations

  4. Chalmers University of Technology

    Gothenburg, Sweden

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    195 citations

  5. Vrije Universiteit Brussel

    Brussels, Belgium

    2 h-index

    10 publications

    405 citations

  6. KU Leuven

    Leuven, Belgium

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    108 citations

  7. Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt

    Braunschweig, Germany

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    183 citations

  8. Aarhus University

    Aarhus, Denmark

    2 h-index

    8 publications

    152 citations

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  1. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

    LCA · 8 publications · 439 citations

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  2. Metrologia

    2 publications · 32 citations

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  3. BIT Numerical Mathematics

    2 publications · 31 citations

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  5. Sustainability

    1 publications · 12 citations

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