Application of ECQFD for enabling environmentally conscious design and sustainable development in an electric vehicle

Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 381-396

  Vinodh, S ^a   Gopinath Rathod, ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b BASAVESHWAR ENGINEERING COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Design for Environment; Environmentally Conscious Quality Function Deployment; Product design; Quality Function Deployment

Indexed keywords

ECODESIGN; ELECTRIC VEHICLES; QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

COMPETITIVE MARKETS; DESIGN CHANGE; DESIGN OPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS; PRODUCT DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 79954577455     PISSN: 1618954X     EISSN: 16189558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10098-010-0317-1     Document Type: Article

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