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Life cycle costing in LCM: ambitions, opportunities, and limitations

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  1. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ENAC-GECOS, CH-1015, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Gerald Rebitzer

  2. AQUA+TECH Specialties SA, CH-1283, La Plaine, Geneva, Switzerland

    David Hunkeler

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Rebitzer, G., Hunkeler, D. Life cycle costing in LCM: ambitions, opportunities, and limitations. Int J LCA 8, 253–256 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02978913

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