Integration of sustainability into early design through the function impact matrix

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 132, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 0810041-0810048

  Devanathan, Srikanth ^a   Ramanujan, Devarajan ^a   Bernstein, William Z ^a   Zhao, Fu ^a   Ramani, Karthik ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecodesign; Function impact matrix; Life cycle assessment; Visual tool

Indexed keywords

CARBON FOOTPRINT; ECODESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; PRODUCT DESIGN; QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

DESIGN ENGINEERS; DESIGN-PROCESS; EARLY DESIGNS; ECO-DESIGN TOOLS; ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; FUNCTION IMPACT MATRIX; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MATRIX; VISUAL TOOLS;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 77956386536     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4001890     Document Type: Article

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