Environmental and economic life cycle assessment of PEX and copper plumbing systems: A case study

Keyphrases

• Plumbing System 100%
• Life Cycle Assessment 100%
• Copper pipe 100%
• Copper Plumbing 100%
• PEX pipes 100%
• Economic Life Cycle 100%
• Environmental Sustainability 66%
• Environmental Impact 66%
• Piping System 66%
• Economic Sustainability 66%
• Sustainability Model 66%
• Life Cycle Inventory 66%
• Pennsylvania 33%
• Life Cycle Stages 33%
• Manufacturing Process 33%
• Negative Effects 33%
• US EPA 33%
• Life Stages 33%
• Land Surface Water 33%
• Economic Performance 33%
• Warranty 33%
• International Organization for Standardization 33%
• Cross-linked Polyethylene 33%
• Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions 33%
• Environmental Performance 33%
• Residential Buildings 33%
• Traffic Control Devices 33%
• Residential Water 33%
• Material Supplier 33%
• SimaPro 33%
• Life Cycle Assessment Framework 33%
• Life Cycle Methodologies 33%
• Housing Projects 33%
• Student Housing 33%
• All Life Cycle 33%
• Ecoinvent 33%
• Life Cycle Impact Assessment Method 33%

Engineering

• Lifecycle 100%
• Life Cycle Assessment 100%
• Economic Life 100%
• Copper Pipe 75%
• Environmental Impact 50%
• Piping Systems 50%
• Economic Sustainability 50%
• Life Cycle Inventory 50%
• Energy Engineering 25%
• Manufacturing Process 25%
• Negative Effect 25%
• Environmental Performance 25%
• Residential Building 25%
• Simapro 25%
• Lancaster 25%
• Life Cycle Impact Assessment 25%
• Life Stage 25%
• Ecoinvent 25%