Parametric ecodesign - An integrative approach for implementing ecodesign into decisive early design stages

Proceedings DESIGN 2008, the 10th International Design Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1327-1334

  Ostad Ahmad Ghorabi, H ^a   Bey, N ^b   Wimmer, W ^b  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Design for environment; Life cycle assessment (LCA); Parametric ecodesign; Product families

Indexed keywords

DESIGN CHANGE; DESIGN FOR ENVIRONMENT; EARLY DESIGN STAGES; ECODESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL DATA; ENVIRONMENTAL EVALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); PARAMETRIC DESCRIPTION; PRODUCT FAMILIES; USING LIFE;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LIFE CYCLE; OPTIMIZATION; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 84861483129     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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