Checklist-based assessment methodology for sustainable design

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 132, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 0910111-0910118

  Kishita, Yusuke ^a   Low, Bi Hong ^b   Fukushige, Shinichi ^b   Umeda, Yasushi ^b   Suzuki, Atsushi ^c   Kawabe, Takao ^c  

^a JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Riso Kagaku Corporation   (Japan)

Author keywords

Assessment; Checklist; Digital duplicator; Eco label; Ecodesign; Life cycle simulation; Sustainable design; Sustainable society

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LIFE CYCLE; MANUFACTURE; PRODUCT DESIGN; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ASSESSMENT; ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGIES; CHECKLIST; DESIGN IMPROVEMENTS; DIGITAL DUPLICATORS; ECOLABELS; LIFE CYCLE SIMULATIONS; MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES; SUPPORT DESIGN; SUSTAINABLE SOCIETY;

ECODESIGN;

EID: 77957308481     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4002130     Document Type: Article

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