Development and integration of a simplified environmental assessment tool based on an environmental categorisation per range of products

Journal of Engineering Design

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-24

  Andriankaja, Hery ^a,b   Bertoluci, Gwenola ^b,c   Millet, Dominique ^a  

^a SUPMECA   (France)

^b Centrale Paris Génie Industriel Avenue des grandes voies des vignes   (France)

^c AGROPARISTECH   (France)

Author keywords

design team; eco design; environmental categorisation per range of products; impact functions; life cycle assessment

Indexed keywords

APPROPRIABILITY; AUTOMOTIVE PARTS; DESIGN PROCESS; DESIGN TEAM; DOOR PANELS; ECODESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL CATEGORISATION PER RANGE OF PRODUCTS; GENERIC APPROACH; INHERENT COMPLEXITY; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; PRODUCT RANGES;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; INDUSTRY;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 84871502117     PISSN: 09544828     EISSN: 14661837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09544828.2012.665226     Document Type: Article

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