Empirical study on integration of environmental aspects into product development: Processes, requirements and the use of tools in vehicle manufacturing companies in Sweden

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 81, Issue , 2014, Pages 34-45

  Poulikidou, Sofia ^a   Björklund, Anna ^a   Tyskeng, Sara ^b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL SWEDISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Design for environment; DfE tools; Ecodesign; Environmental requirements; Product development; Vehicle design

Indexed keywords

BRIDGES; DESIGN; INTEGRATION; MANUFACTURE;

DESIGN FOR ENVIRONMENT; ECODESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENT; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS; SYSTEMATIC INTEGRATION; VEHICLE DESIGN; VEHICLE MANUFACTURING;

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84905571028     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.06.001     Document Type: Article

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