Method for Setting Environmental Targets in Product Development: Incorporating Use-Phase Impact by Subsystem

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 8-17

  Collado Ruiz, Daniel ^a   Ostad Ahmad Ghorabi, Hesamedin ^b,c,d  

^a Dynavio Cooperative ^*  (Finland)

^b FERCHAU ENGINEERING GMBH   (Germany)

^c VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^d BADEN WUERTTEMBERG COOPERATIVE STATE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allocation; Ecodesign; Environmental data sources; Industrial ecology; Life cycle assessment (LCA); Product modeling

Indexed keywords

CRANES; ECODESIGN; LIFE CYCLE; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

ALLOCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DATA; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); PRODUCT MODELING;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

BENCHMARKING; CRANE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MARKET DEVELOPMENT; METHODOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84959150713     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jiec.12294     Document Type: Article

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