Life Cycle Comparison of Traditional Retail and E-commerce Logistics for Electronic Products: A Case Study of buy.com

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作者
Weber, Christopher L. [1 ]
Hendrickson, Chris T. [1 ]
Matthews, H. Scott [1 ]
Nagengast, Amy [1 ]
Nealer, Rachael [1 ]
Jaramillo, Paulina [1 ]
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[1] Carnegie Mellon Univ, Dept Civil & Environm Engn, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USA
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Life cycle; e-commerce; logistics; ENERGY;
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X [环境科学、安全科学];
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08 ; 0830 ;
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This analysis compares e-commerce versus traditional retail systems energy use and greenhouse gas emissions through a case study of a product chosen to represent the retail process. We conclude that e-commerce has lower energy use and GHG emissions for our case study.
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页码:254 / 259
页数:6
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