The modern market economy is founded on economic growth and increasing consumption of manufactured products, leading to over use of resources and environmentally-damaging pollution. We can help protect the environment by focussing on the entire life-cycle of each manufactured product. A holistic view of every stage and process of a product's life-cycle is needed in order to find sound solutions to adverse environmental effects and help us develop a new generation of eco-designed products. Environmentally-friendly Product Development introduces methods to improve the environmental characteristics of products. Every manufactured product has environmental impacts during its life-cycle. These arise in the product's manufacture, use, recycling and disposal. In the past designers have focussed only on technical and economical aspects when developing new products, taking into account market-conditions and their company's resources. However, designing a product in accordance with environmental demands requires that designers consider potential influences from all part of its life-cycle. The book describes an integrated approach that assists designers to develop environmentally-friendly products, illustrating the methods and tools with case studies. Process and information modelling, life-cycle assessment and ecological product optimisation are surveyed in detail. Unique to Environmentally-friendly Product Development is the introduction of the Eco Design Workbench - a computer based design environment that supports the designer during the product development process. Environmentally-friendly Product Development is a comprehensive survey of environmental design. Readers will learn about the complexity of ecological product design and be introduced to methods and tools that can minimise environmental impacts. As well as a practical guide for product designers and design engineers, the book will provide managers in industry with an introduction to the environmental costs involved in a manufacturing economy and signposts to how these may be limited.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Springer London Ltd
ISBN-13
9781852339036
eBay Product ID (ePID)
94998862
Product Key Features
Subject Area
Natural Science, Mechanical Engineering
Author
Eberhard Abele, Reiner Anderl, Herbert Birkhofer
Publication Name
Environmentally-Friendly Product Development: Methods and Tools
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Engineering & Technology, Sustainability
Publication Year
2004
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
319 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
232mm
Item Width
156mm
Item Weight
1480g
Additional Product Features
Editor
Herbert Birkhofer, Eberhard Abele, Reiner Anderl
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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