Product Design for the Environment: A Life Cycle Approach

ISBN-13: 9780849327223 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 520 str.

Fabio Giudice; Guido La Rosa; Antonino Risitano

Opis

Based on a multi-level design approach to optimize product architecture and components, this book provides basic concepts, methodological frameworks, mathematical modeling, and design tools, illustrating the practical application of Design for Environment. The text integrates the life cycle approach in the conventional engineering design process, and covers the best strategies to achieve environmental quality, including analysis of resource distribution over the life cycle, extension of life, and recovery at the end-of-life. The book not only explores the potential of the approach and methods, but also analyzes some of the problems involved in developing eco-compatible products in the company context.

Spis treści

From Sustainable Development to Design for Environment. Life Cycle Approach and the Product-System Concept and Modeling. Life Cycle Design and Management. Life Cycle Assessment. Life Cycle Cost Analysis. Integrated Economic-Environmental Analysis of Life Cycle. Product Design and Development Process. Integration of Environmental Aspects in Product Design. Life Cycle Environmental Strategies and Considerations for Product Design. Engineering Methods for Product Duration Design and Evaluation. Product Constructional System Definition Based on Optimal Life Cycle Strategies. Environmental Characterization of Materials and Optimal Choice. Design for Disassembly and Distribution of Disassembly Depth. Optimal Disassembly Planning. Product Recovery Cycles Planning and Cost-Benefit Analysis of Recovery. Methodological Framework and Analysis Models for Simulation of Product Life Cycle.

O autorze

Giudice, Fabio; La Rosa, Guido; Risitano, Antonino