A metrics-based methodology for establishing Product Sustainability Index (ProdSI) for manufactured products

Leveraging Technology for a Sustainable World - Proceedings of the 19th CIRP Conference on Life Cycle Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 435-441

  Zhang, X ^a   Lu, T ^a   Shuaib, M ^a   Rotella, G ^b   Huang, A ^a   Feng, S C ^c   Rouch, K ^a   Badurdeen, F ^a   Jawahir, I S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

ProdSI; Product Sustainability Index; Product sustainability metrics; Sustainable manufacturing

Indexed keywords

DATA HANDLING; LIFE CYCLE;

DATA NORMALIZATION; EVALUATION METHODOLOGIES; MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS; PRODSI; SUSTAINABILITY INDEX; SUSTAINABILITY METRICS; SUSTAINABLE MANUFACTURING; WEIGHTING FACTORS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84926144967     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-29069-5_74     Document Type: Conference Paper

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