Materials selection for sustainable product design: A case study of wood based furniture eco-design

Materials and Design

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 111-116

  Bovea, María D ^a   Vidal, Rosario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

Author keywords

Environmental performance (E); Selection for material properties (H)

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FURNITURE MANUFACTURE; PRODUCT DESIGN; WOOD PRODUCTS;

LIFE CYCLE INVENTORY;

MATERIALS SCIENCE;

DESIGN;

EID: 0345566294     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2003.09.018     Document Type: Article

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