Appliance remanufacturing and life cycle energy and economic savings

In this paper we evaluate the energy and economic consequences of appliance remanufacturing relative to purchasing new. The appliances presented in this report constitute major residential appliances: refrigerator, dishwasher, and clothes washer. The results show that, despite savings achieved in pr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Boustani, Avid, Sahni, Sahil, Graves, Stephen C., Gutowski, Timothy G.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/71146
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