Product life trade-offs: What if products fail early?

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1719-1728

  Skelton, Alexandra C H ^a   Allwood, Julian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN LIFE; PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS; PRODUCT FAILURES; PRODUCT LIFE;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; OPTIMIZATION;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE;

DESIGN; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLICY MAKING; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; TRADE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS; TRADE-OFF;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXHAUST GAS; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOTOR VEHICLE; POLICY; PRODUCT FAILURE; PRODUCT LIFE; PRODUCT PARAMETERS; USE PHASE EFFICIENCY; UTILITY WORKS, APPLIANCES AND SERVICES; WASHING MACHINE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AUTOMOBILES; HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS; METALS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84873425633     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es3034022     Document Type: Article

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