Product design for the environment : a life cycle approach /: a life cycle approach. (2006)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Fabio Giudice, Guido La Rosa, Antonio Risitano.
• Other Names: Giudice, Fabio; La Rosa, Guido; Risitano, Antonio
• Contents: FROM SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TO DESIGN FOR ENVIRONMENT; Sustainable Development; Industrial Ecology; Design in the Context of the Environmental Question; Design for Environment; Concepts, Tools and Approaches to the Environmental Question: Overview; Standards and Regulations Oriented Towards Environmental Quality of Products; Summary; References PART I - LIFE CYCLE APPROACH ; LIFE CYCLE APPROACH AND THE PRODUCT-SYSTEM CONCEPT AND MODELING; Life Cycle Concept and Theory; Life Cycle and the Product-System Concept; Product-System and Environmental Impact; Life Cycle Modeling; Product Life Cycle: Reference Model; Summary; References LIFE CYCLE DESIGN AND MANAGEMENT ; Life Cycle Approach in Product Design; Life Cycle Design Oriented toward Environmental Performance of Products; Life Cycle Management; Summary; References LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT ; Environmental Analysis and Evaluation of the Life Cycle; Premises, Properties and Framework of Life Cycle Assessment; Fields of Application and Limitations of Life Cycle Assessment; Overview of Practical Approaches and Tools for Life Cycle Assessment; Summary; References LIFE CYCLE COST ANALYSIS ; Cost Analysis and the Life Cycle Approach; Product Life Cycle Cost Analysis; Evolution of Models for Product Life Cycle Cost Analysis; Reference Standards and Codes of Practice; Summary; References; INTEGRATED ECONOMIC-ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS OF THE LIFE CYCLE; Life Cycle Cost Analysis and Environmental Aspects; Environmental Costs and Environmental Accounting; Integration Between LCCA and LCA; Other Approaches to Economic-Environmental Analysis: Eco-Cost Models; Summary; References PART II - METHODOLOGICAL STATEMENT PRODUCT DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT PROCESS ; Product Design and Development; Product Design; Methodological Evolution in Product Design; Summary; References; INTEGRATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS IN PRODUCT DESIGN; Orientation toward Environmental Aspects in the Design Process; Environmental Strategies for the Life Cycle Approach; Tools and Techniques for Environmental Requirements of the Life Cycle; Integration in Product Development: Proposed Framework; Toward an International Standard: The ISO/TR 14062 Technical Report; Summary; References; LIFE CYCLE ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGIES AND CONSIDERATIONS FOR PRODUCT DESIGN; Strategies for Improving Resources Exploitation and Determinant Factors; Strategies for Extension of Useful Life and Design Considerations; Strategies for Recovery at End-of-Life and Design Considerations; Product Modularity as a Key Concept for the Application of Environmental Strategies; Summary; References; ENGINEERING METHODS FOR PRODUCT DURATION DESIGN AND EVALUATION; Durability of Products and Components ; Fatigue of Materials; Damage; Thermography and the Risitano Method; Summary; References PART III - METHODS, TOOLS, AND CASE STUDIES ; PRODUCT CONSTRUCTIONAL SYSTEM DEFINITION BASED ON OPTIMAL LIFE CYCLE STRATEGIES; Aims and Approach; Method and Tools for Analysis and Design; Optimal Life Cycle Strategy Evaluation Tool; Case Study: System Analysis and Redesign of a Household Refrigerator; Final Remarks; Summary; References; ENVIRONMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION OF MATERIALS AND OPTIMAL CHOICE; Materials Selection and Environmental Properties; Environmental Characterization of Materials and Processes; Summary of Selection Method; Analysis of Production Feasibility; Analysis of Performance; Life Cycle Indicators; Analysis of Results and Optimal Choice; Case Study: Selection of Material for an Automobile Brake Disk; Acknowledgements; Summary; References; DESIGN FOR DISASSEMBLY AND DISTRIBUTION OF DISASSEMBLY DEPTH; Design for Disassembly and Disassembly Level; Distribution of Disassembly Depth ; Objectives and Approach to the Problem; Method Statement; Evaluation of Disassembly Depth; Efficiency of Ease of Disassembly Distribution; Case Study: Electromechanical System; Summary; References OPTIMAL DISASSEMBLY PLANNING ; Disassembly Planning; Objectives and Approach to the Problem; Common Structure of the Proposed Tools; Development of the First Tool: Goals of Servicing; Development of the Second Tool: Goals of Recovery; Simulations and Analysis of Results; Summary; References; PRODUCT RECOVERY CYCLES PLANNING AND COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF RECOVERY; Approach to the Recovery Problem; Method for Recovery Cycles Planning; Calculation Models for Recovery Cycles Planning; Case Study: Analysis and Optimization of Heat Exchanger Constructional Systems; Cost-Benefit Analysis of Recovery Cycles; Acknowledgements; Summary; References; METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK AND ANALYSIS MODELS FOR SIMULATION OF PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE; Simulation and the Life Cycle Approach; Approach to the Problem and Methodological Framework; Product Model and Analysis Tools; Definition of Objective Functions; Simulation and Analysis of Results; Summary; References
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC/Taylor & Francis
• Publication Date: 2006
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxxii, 481 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 745.2; Industrial design -- Environmental aspects; Environmental engineering; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Industrial Design -- General; DESIGN -- Industrial; Environmental engineering; Industrial design -- Environmental aspects; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 0849327229; 9780849327223; 1420001043; 9781420001044
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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