Teaching students about the environmental impact of material choice in design

ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  McLachlan, Helen ^a,b   Coulter, Patrick ^b   Ashby, Mike ^b,c,d  

^a Granta Design Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b Granta ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; ENGINEERS; LIFE CYCLE; OPTIMIZATION; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE; ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND MATERIAL SELECTION; PRACTICAL METHODOLOGY; STUDENT ENGINEERS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

EID: 85029123961     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21535965     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (4)

1. Kyoto Protocol (1997) United Nations, Framework Convention on Climate Change. Document FCCC/CP1997/7/ADD.1 (http://cop5.unfccc.de) O) 14040/14041/14042/14043, "Environmental management - life cycle assessment" and subsections, Geneva, Switzerland.
2. CES EduPack Eco-Edition, Granta Design, Cambridge (www.gantadesign.com)
3. Bey, N. (2000) "The Oil Point Method: a tool for indicative environmental evaluation in material and process selection" PhD thesis, Department of Manufacturing Engineering, IPT Technical University of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark.
4. rd edition, Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford, UK