A new comprehensive methodology for the evaluation of product sustainability at the design and development stage of consumer electronic products

Niranjali de Silva, I. S. Jawahir, Oscar Dillon, Matthew Russell

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Abstract

This paper presents quantifiable sustainability elements in manufactured consumer electronic products. A “Sustainability Scoring” method is introduced at the design stage. A new product can be evaluated using this method for its integral elemental and the overall sustainability contents impacting the product when it reaches the end-of-life by considering the entire life-cycle including the effective residual use of recovered materials in the subsequent life-cycles of the same or different products. This procedure can also be used by design engineers for comparison with a similar product, such as a prior or a subsequent model, or one from a competitor.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 13th CIRP International Conference on Life Cycle Engineering, LCE 2006
Pages335-340
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)905682712X, 9789056827120
StatePublished - 2006
Event13th CIRP International Conference on Life Cycle Engineering, LCE 2006 - Leuven, Belgium
Duration: May 3 2006Jun 2 2006

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 13th CIRP International Conference on Life Cycle Engineering, LCE 2006

Conference

Conference13th CIRP International Conference on Life Cycle Engineering, LCE 2006
Country/TerritoryBelgium
CityLeuven
Period5/3/066/2/06

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2006 Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. All rights reserved.

Keywords

  • Electronic products
  • Environment
  • Life-cycle
  • Society
  • Sustainability

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

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