Abstract
The Sustainability Target Method (STM) provides a practical sustainability target for individual businesses and products through determining the relative indicator Resource Productivity (RP) for environmental performance and the absolute indicator Eco-Efficiency (EE) for sustainability. This paper investigates an optimal decision-making approach for a company to improve its product's sustainability using the STM indicators RP and EE of the product components. Sensitivity analysis is used to provide a methodology to indicate which components should receive attention to make the overall product more sustainable. The feasibility of the approach is validated using a case study of a generalized product consisting of multiple components, which relates easily to circuit board assemblies and other types of electronic products.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages | 224-229 |
Number of pages | 6 |
State | Published - 2003 |
Event | 2003 IEEE International Symposium on Electronics and the Environment - Boston MA, United States Duration: May 19 2003 → May 22 2003 |
Other
Other | 2003 IEEE International Symposium on Electronics and the Environment |
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Country/Territory | United States |
City | Boston MA |
Period | 5/19/03 → 5/22/03 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Environmental Engineering
- Waste Management and Disposal
- Pollution
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Keywords
- Eco-efficiency
- Sensitivity analysis
- Sustainability target method (STM)
- Sustainable development