Integration of environmental aspects in product development: a stepwise procedure based on quantitative life cycle assessment |
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Institution: | 1. Sensory & Consumer Sciences, Nofima As, Norway;2. The Norwegian University of Life Science, Department of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science (KBM), Ås, Norway;1. Technical Faculty for IT and Design, Aalborg University, Rendsburggade 14, Room: 4.315b, 9000 Aalborg, Denmark;2. Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Arkansas, 4183 Bell Engineering Center, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA |
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Abstract: | Significant environmental improvements can often be achieved by integrating environmental properties as an optimisation parameter in product development together with more traditional values such as production costs, functionality, aesthetics etc. This paper presents a professional method intended for managers based on quantitative life cycle assessment to identify environmental ‘hot spots’ in a reference product's life cycle and to select new environmentally optimised solutions for a new product. The paper takes its starting point in traditional procedures for product development (idea, analysis, goal definition, concept development and detail development) and shows step by step how the environmental properties of the new product can be optimised and thus contribute to the overall competitiveness of the new product. |
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