Green design: an introduction to issues and challenges

A study on green based collaborative product design

“…Regarding product design, the focus has shifted from considering solely the function and production cost to how products affect the environment [6,[8][9].…”

“…To deal with such an impact, more and more companies take the eco-friendly concept into consideration when designing new products [5][6][7].…”

Environmental principles applicable to supply chains design and operation

“…Kitazawa and Sarkis [29] performed a research in Acushnet Rubber Company, Compaq's resource recovery facility and Hyde Manufacturing and noted, among others, that, in order to promote employee involvement, all three organizations provide their employees with systematic training courses that are designed to enhance environmental awareness, and the knowledge and skills necessary to solve complex problems. The case of AT&T [20] outlines the role of employee involvement, since an AT&T team that had been cited as one of the area's worst polluters completely eliminated the primary source of toxic emissions with operational changes that improved both the unit cost and operational efficiency of their facility [37].…”

Multi-Lifecycle Product Recovery for Electronic Products

“…8 Originally, the goal of product design is simple, i.e., Design for Function (DFF). DFF focuses on the products that have certain usage.…”

“…Design for Manufactureability and Design for Serviceability aim at improvement of convenience for manufacture and service. Recently, Design for Environment (DFE), which refers to the practices that are intended to incorporate sound environmental decisions into product and process design to minimize environmental impact, [8][9] becomes more and more important. Most recently, multi-lifecycle engineering approaches are proposed to consider fully the potential of recovering and reengineering materials and components from one product to create another, not just once, but many times.…”