A systems approach to sustainable technical product design: Combining life cycle assessment and virtual development in the case of skis

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 605-617

  Luthe, Tobias ^a   Kägi, Thomas ^b   Reger, Jan ^c  

^a HTW Chur   (Switzerland)

^b Carbotech AG   (Switzerland)

^c Department of Technical Calculation and Simulation at P and Z Engineering ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon footprint; Computer aided engineering; Global warming potential (GWP); Industrial ecology; Life cycle assessment (LCA); Sustainability assessment

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON FOOTPRINT; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER AIDED ENGINEERING; EFFICIENCY; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GLOBAL WARMING; LIFE CYCLE; OPTIMIZATION; PRODUCT DESIGN; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PROTECTIVE COATINGS;

CARBON EQUIVALENT EMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT; VIRTUAL DEVELOPMENT PROCESS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CARBON FOOTPRINT; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; GLOBAL WARMING; LIFE CYCLE; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH; SIMULATION; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 84881367968     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jiec.12000     Document Type: Article

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