Abstract
This research addresses a fundamental question regarding the effectiveness of existing design for environment (DFE) guidelines. The study attempts to understand the improvement in a product's environmental performance directly attributable to the DFE tools and how much results simply from other design objectives or enabling technologies. Four generations of a business telephone, with the latest version designed using state-of-the-art DFE guidelines, are examined using lifecycle assessment and demanufacturing analysis to evaluate environmental lifecycle performance. This information is used to forecast the progression to a present day, non-DFE phone. By overlaying comparable information generated by analyzing the current DFE-designed phone, the true impact of DFE on the product can be assessed.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages | 134-139 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| State | Published - 1999 |
| Event | Proceedings of the 1999 7th IEEE International Symposium on Electronics and the Environment, ISEE-1999 - Danvers, MA, USA Duration: May 11 1999 → May 13 1999 |
Conference
| Conference | Proceedings of the 1999 7th IEEE International Symposium on Electronics and the Environment, ISEE-1999 |
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| City | Danvers, MA, USA |
| Period | 5/11/99 → 5/13/99 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Environmental Engineering
- Waste Management and Disposal
- Pollution
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering