Combinatorial usage of QFDE and LCA for environmentally conscious design - Implications from a case study

The Grammar of Technology Development

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 45-59

  Sakao, Tomohiko ^a   Kaneko, Kazuhiko ^b   Masui, Keijiro ^c   Tsubaki, Hiroe ^d  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b EBARA CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Combinatorial usage; Ecodesign; LCA; QFDE

Indexed keywords

MECHANICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT; TOOLS;

COMBINATORIAL USAGE; ECODESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS; ENVIRONMENTALLY CONSCIOUS DESIGNS; LCA; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); OBJECTIVE INFORMATION; QFDE;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 84897991187     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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