Checklist-based assessment method for environmentally conscious design

Yusuke Kishita; Bi Hong Low; Shinichi Fukushige; Yasushi Umeda; Atsushi Suzuki; Takao Kawabe

Checklist-based assessment method for environmentally conscious design

Yusuke Kishita, Bi Hong Low, Shinichi Fukushige, Yasushi Umeda, Atsushi Suzuki, Takao Kawabe

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Abstract

Environmentally conscious design or ecodesign is a key methodology to achieve the sustainable society. Manufactures often use ecodesign checklists to improve their products; however, the relationship between individual requirements of checklists and environmental impact is undetermined. This paper proposes a method for assessing ecodesign achievement by developing a weighted checklist from a conventional checklist. The ecodesign achievement is defined as potential environmental improvement, evaluated by the life cycle simulation. An example involving a digital duplicator shows that the proposed method clarifies requirements to be improved. When applying design improvements, the assessment of the product's CO2 emission decreases by 8%.

Original language	English
Publication status	Published - 2009
Externally published	Yes
Event	5th International Conference on Leading Edge Manufacturing in 21st Century, LEM 2009 - Osaka, Japan Duration: 2009 Dec 2 → 2009 Dec 4

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Other	5th International Conference on Leading Edge Manufacturing in 21st Century, LEM 2009
Country/Territory	Japan
City	Osaka
Period	09/12/2 → 09/12/4

Keywords

Digital duplicator
Ecodesign assessment
Environmentally conscious design
Life cycle simulation
Sustainable society
Weighted checklist

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

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