A measure of product sustainability based on Triple Bottom Line

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 8, Issue PARTS A AND B, 2009, Pages 267-274

  Sarkar, Prabir ^a   Rachuri, Sudarsan ^a   Suh, Hyo Won ^a   Lyons, Kevin ^a   Sriram, Ram D ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Design for sustainability; Environmental impact; Sustainability; Sustainability assessment

Indexed keywords

DESIGN ALTERNATIVES; DESIGN FOR SUSTAINABILITY; MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS; POSITIVE EFFECTS; SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTS; SUSTAINABLE SOCIETY; TRIPLE BOTTOM LINE;

DESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MANUFACTURE; PROFITABILITY;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 82155170673     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/DETC2009-87047     Document Type: Conference Paper

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