The Different Analysis of Carbon Footprint according to Life Cycle Assessment of Furniture Type: A case study of the Table

Kwangsawat, Karuna; Rugwongwan, Yanin

doi:10.21834/e-bpj.v2i5.654

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“…From the perspective of sustainable design, scholars have optimized the furniture production chain from the perspectives of LCA (Life Cycle Assessment), new environmentally friendly materials, and the decrement principle. Kwangsawat, K. et al [8] analyzed the differential carbon footprint of each furniture type based on its product life cycle to determine the criteria for selecting low-impact materials for use in desk furniture design. Wang, Y. et al [9] obtained a waste textile-starch composite material that combines waste textiles, starch, and other components through the use of microwave expansion technology.…”

Section: Literature Review 21 Green Furniture Designmentioning

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AHP and GCA Combined Approach to Green Design Evaluation of Kindergarten Furniture

Xie,

Zhu,

Ding

et al. 2023

Sustainability

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Kindergarten furniture is an important part of children’s furniture. However, in sharp contrast with the high level of concern about the color, shape, structure, and modularity of kindergarten furniture, the research on green design and green evaluation of kindergarten furniture has not been given due attention. Through understanding the concept and principles of green design, this paper presents an objective approach to evaluate the green design of kindergarten furniture. An evaluation method based on the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) integrating gray correlation analysis (GCA) for kindergarten furniture green design was proposed. By using the AHP to determine the green design elements of kindergarten furniture, five standard layer indicators were obtained in aspects of environmental friendliness of the materials, color, technological structure, size, and interestingness, as well as 11 criterion layer indicators: environmental friendliness of structural materials, environmental friendliness of adhesives, environmental friendliness of paint, stimulate creativity or enhance concentration, avoid the feelings of unsteadiness, structural stability, rounding the edges, comfortable to use, size adjustable, interesting decorative patterns, and modular. Afterward, GCA was used to evaluate the green design of five kindergarten furniture schemes and a comprehensive evaluation score was obtained. Taking the design scheme represented by five desk and chair sets in kindergarten as an example, the effectiveness of this method was verified, and the advantages and disadvantages of the five desk and chair sets were analyzed and compared. The results showed that the third desk and chair sets at kindergarten made of New Zealand pine ranks first in the comprehensive green evaluation indicators, followed by the fourth sets made of rubber and wood. After the green design evaluation, we studied the carbon footprint of five furniture products and analyzed their carbon emissions at the production stage, the packaging stage, the transportation stage, and the storage stage. The results show that the amount of carbon emission is generally consistent with the evaluation results of the green scheme, which verifies the effectiveness of the green design evaluation method. This study provides an effective and feasible reference for kindergarten furniture designers. Hence, a greener kindergarten furniture design is expected to improve the learning and living environment for kindergarten-age children.

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Section: Literature Review 21 Green Furniture Designmentioning

confidence: 99%

AHP and GCA Combined Approach to Green Design Evaluation of Kindergarten Furniture

Xie,

Zhu,

Ding

et al. 2023

Sustainability

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“…By selecting appropriate participants in different links and at different levels, a low-carbon path for a wooden furniture supply chain can be realized in order to improve the environmental friendliness of the product and enhance the competitiveness of the enterprises involved (Yin and Liu 2014). Currently, most studies on carbon footprint accounting for wooden furniture focused on the production process and proposed production process carbon reduction countermeasures, e.g., using auxiliary materials with low-carbon emissions, reducing the use of paint, and improving the painting technology (Bai et al 2013;Lin and Huang 2016;Kwangsawat and Rugwongwan 2017). However, the carbon emissions of the wooden furniture supply chain was contributed by the upstream and downstream enterprises together; the carbon reduction behavior of a single enterprise cannot effectively cut down the life cycle carbon emission of the product supply chain.…”

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Carbon footprint accounting and low-carbon path optimization for imported timber-based wooden furniture supply chains

Wang

Chen

2021

BioRes

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Using an imported timber-based solid wood box bed (2000 mm × 1800 mm) as the functional unit, the ILCD 2011 midpoint assessment method was used to measure the life cycle carbon emissions of the product. Using this assessment, the Dijkstra algorithm was adopted to determine the shortest supply chain path and to obtain the minimum carbon footprint of the supply chain. Results showed that the total carbon footprint of the wood bed was 464 kg for the control case. For experimental cases, the carbon footprint ranged from 456 kg to 517 kg CO2-eq. The upstream process was identified as the primary contributor to the carbon footprint, accounting for 74.6% to 80.7% of the total carbon footprint, followed by the downstream and the core-stream processes. Configuration of a timber harvesting system with lower fuel consumption, purchasing timber from areas within shorter transportation distance, and reducing the proportion of incineration for waste treatment were feasible solutions to reduce the carbon footprint of the product. A case study optimizing the low-carbon path for the wooden furniture supply chain determined the shortest path for the participants in each link, such that the minimum total carbon footprint of the supply chain was 463 kg CO2-eq.

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The Different Analysis of Carbon Footprint according to Life Cycle Assessment of Furniture Type: A case study of the Table

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AHP and GCA Combined Approach to Green Design Evaluation of Kindergarten Furniture

AHP and GCA Combined Approach to Green Design Evaluation of Kindergarten Furniture

Carbon footprint accounting and low-carbon path optimization for imported timber-based wooden furniture supply chains

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