EcoDesign Implementation: A Systematic Guidance on Integrating Environmental Considerations Into Product Development

by Wolfgang Wimmer, Rainer Z]st, Kun-Mo Lee

New requirements from stakeholders, such as environmental laws and directives, but also significant environmental aspects of a product require environmentally improved products. This book provides an easy to follow twelve step approach for implementing ECODESIGN in a company. It gives clear advice how to integrate environmental considerations into product design and development, and combines ECODESIGN with Life Cycle Assessment and Environmental Communication.    Chapters on Product modeling, Life Cycle Assessment, ECODESIGN tasks, Product improvement and Environmental Communication use the previously developed ECODESIGN PILOT and show its application  to a real product example. The book comes with two web one is the ECODESIGN PILOT, used to find measures to environmentally improve a product within a short time. The other is the ECODESIGN PILOT's an expert system, which helps to find the right improvement strategy for a product. Audience This work will be of interest to engineers in research and product development,   to  designers, environmental experts, and consultants as well as to students working in this field.  

140 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 1, 2005

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[Ardhy Yuliawan Norma Sakti · Rating 5 out of 5]

Provide a clear information and accompanied with the study case