Environmental systems analysis tools – an overview

Finnveden, Göran; Moberg, Åsa

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2004.06.004

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“…It is therefore essential to be able to analyse and benchmark the environmental sustainability of different food products. To do so, life cycle assessment (LCA) is recommended as the most appropriate method (Finnveden andMoberg, 2005, Guinée et al 2011). However, LCA as defined by ISO 14040/44 is only a framework leaving many methodological choices open.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Using the product environmental footprint for supply chain management: lessons learned from a case study on pork

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Wilde

Vermeiren³

et al. 2017

Int J Life Cycle Assess

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Using the product environmental footprint for supply chain management: lessons learned from a case study on pork

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Wilde

Vermeiren³

et al. 2017

Int J Life Cycle Assess

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“…The functionality of selected methods and tools has been analysed [9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18]. Special consideration was taken to the recycling methods, balancing the ecological aspects of materials and product disassembly.…”

Section: Methods Of Recycling-oriented Product Assessment During Desigmentioning

confidence: 99%

Automatization of the Ecodesign Process of Small Household Appliances based on CAD 3D System

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Abstract:A new approach to product quality assessment taken by manufacturers integrates environmental aspects. Design for the environment, also referred to as ecodesign or sustainable design, is an innovative approach to the traditional design process. It focuses on compliance with ecological standards at an early stage of design in CAD 3D environment. In this paper, main objectives of the ecodesign process automation method based on a CAD 3D system are presented. The ecodesign process of a small household appliance is analyzed. The main features of a dedicated software application with a graphical interface, which runs independently of the CAD 3D system, are presented.

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“…2, hardly possible with methods suggested Finnveden and Moberg [13]. If the baseline for the system is known, innovation can be driven, and also the RE improved, as the position of systems relative to an absolute baseline is then known.…”

Section: Designing Resource-efficient Systems: Greenprintingmentioning

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Product-Centric Simulation-Based Design for Recycling: Case of LED Lamp Recycling

Reuter

Schaik²

2015

J. Sustain. Metall.

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This paper will illustrate how a product-centric simulation approach to recycling is core to Design for Recycling (DfR) & Design for Resource Efficiency. This approach is underpinned by rigorous recycling rate calculations, building on the extensive expertise, knowhow and tools of classical minerals, and metallurgical processing. Process simulation and design tools such as the commercial HSC Sim software are applied to quantify critical DfR rules for a particular product as well as to quantify the recycling rates of all materials and elements in a product. The ten DfR rules we have developed for Waste Electric and Electronic Waste recycling in a study performed for NVMP/Wecycle (the Netherlands) are applied to light emitting diode (LED) lamps. The results produced include recycling and recovery rates, as well as recyclate qualities and quantities, and losses and emissions of materials during recycling for various LED lamp redesigns. Metallurgical processing is also briefly discussed, showing that, in many cases, element recoveries are reduced to zero due to product complexity and ppm levels in the products. Simulation models are linked to life cycle assessment (LCA) and exergy, demonstrating how the applied simulation basis provides the detail to innovate the system. In addition, rigorous environmental assessment is a further outcome of the approach, while at the same time revealing the development that has to occur in LCA databases to improve their value for Ecodesign.

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Environmental systems analysis tools – an overview

Cited by 348 publications

References 16 publications

Using the product environmental footprint for supply chain management: lessons learned from a case study on pork

Using the product environmental footprint for supply chain management: lessons learned from a case study on pork

Automatization of the Ecodesign Process of Small Household Appliances based on CAD 3D System

Product-Centric Simulation-Based Design for Recycling: Case of LED Lamp Recycling

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