Environmental assessment and improvement alternatives of a ventilated wooden wall from LCA and DfE perspective

Sustainable healthcare and environmental life-cycle impacts of disposable supplies: a focus on disposable custom packs

“…Typically, DfE strategies are applied during the design phase of a product (Lagerstedt et al, 2003;Pujari, 2006;Gonz alez-García et al, 2012). One study examined the functional profile of radio equipment, highlighting that there are multiple demands in product development, such as environmental, profitability, political, and safety (Lagerstedt et al, 2003).…”

“…Another study addressed the marketability of eco-products, applying DfE strategies to incorporate several functional demands and multidisciplinary representation such as designers, engineers, marketers, and investors (Pujari, 2006). And most recently, another study used both DfE and LCA to address the environmental impacts and alternatives for a wooden wall product (Gonz alez-García et al, 2012). First, an LCA of the wooden wall product was conducted, defining the processes and material flows of the product and associated environmental impacts.…”

“…First, an LCA of the wooden wall product was conducted, defining the processes and material flows of the product and associated environmental impacts. DfE strategies were then applied based on the LCA results, ensuring that the focal areas had maximum output potential (Gonz alez-García et al, 2012). Explicitly using DfE strategies for product development can increase the number of product alternatives.…”

Eco-innovative Practices for Sustainable Consumption and Production: What are the Possible Benefits for Companies?

“…The practice also proposes flexible and intuitive environmental improvement strategies for the product or service of study and guides the company to assess the economic, technological and social feasibility of these strategies. The proposed environmental improvement strategies are the result of several innovative projects done during the last years [34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43] and the experience obtained during the ENISA-Empresa Nacional de Innovación Ecodesign Pilot Project [30]. One of the ecodesigned products was a knife produced by Arcos [44] and is used to illustrate this methodology.…”

A Comparative Study on Life Cycle Assessment of Typical Wood base Furniture

“…There are also studies using LCA and as a tool on furniture innovation and life cycle comparison of furniture products. Examples could be found in Taylor and Sara González-García et al [7,8] where key environmental impact processes and scenario were identified and improvement alternatives were proposed. However, Most studies are focused on the comparison of different kind of materials or product processes, such as comparison between wood base boards and solid wood or wood with other materials.…”