Life-cycle assessment simplification for modular products

Advances in Life Cycle Engineering for Sustainable Manufacturing Businesses - Proceedings of the 14th CIRP Conference on Life Cycle Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 53-58

  Recchioni, Marco ^a   Mandorli, Ferruccio ^a   Germani, Michele ^a   Faraldi, Paolo ^b   Polverini, Davide ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b Indesit Company   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alternative Function Fulfilment; Ecodesign; LCA; Modularity

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ECODESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PRODUCT DESIGN;

ALTERNATIVE FUNCTION FULFILMENT; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); MODULARITY; MODULARITY CONCEPT; PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT; PRODUCT LIFE CYCLES; PRODUCT MODULARITY; SYSTEM INNOVATIONS;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 80052116631     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-84628-935-4_10     Document Type: Conference Paper

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