Environmental impact assessment in design or is it worth it to carry out a full LCA?

Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering Design, ICED

Volumn DS 31, Issue , 2003, Pages

  Ernzer, Marc ^a   Birkhofer, Herbert ^b  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Case study; Early phases of design; Environmental requirements; Introduction of methods in industry; Life cycle assessment

Indexed keywords

ECODESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; STUDENTS;

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH; DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY; EARLY PHASES OF DESIGNS; ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENT; INTRODUCTION OF METHODS IN INDUSTRIES; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS; PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 85012298604     PISSN: 22204334     EISSN: 22204342     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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