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 language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 13th CIRP International Conference on Life Cycle Engineering, LCE 2006 |
Pages | 335-340 |
Number of pages | 6 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 905682712X, 9789056827120 |
State | Published - 2006 |
Event | 13th CIRP International Conference on Life Cycle Engineering, LCE 2006 - Leuven, Belgium Duration: May 3 2006 → Jun 2 2006 |
Publication series
Name | Proceedings of the 13th CIRP International Conference on Life Cycle Engineering, LCE 2006 |
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Conference
Conference | 13th CIRP International Conference on Life Cycle Engineering, LCE 2006 |
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Country/Territory | Belgium |
City | Leuven |
Period | 5/3/06 → 6/2/06 |
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