Improve Product Sustainability Through DFE Approach On Design Of Home Appliances : A Case Study On Electric Iron
The development of electronic equipment and sustainability are a recent combination of conditions that come from the recognition of the importance of design, production, and material selection, kind of product, use and final disposal which are having impact on the environment. These urge manufact...
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Monograph |
| Published: |
UTeM
2010
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://library.utem.edu.my:8000/elmu/index.jsp?module=webopac-d&action=graphicFullDisplayRetriever.jsp&szMaterialNo=0000063478 http://library.utem.edu.my:8000/elmu/index.jsp?module=webopac-d&action=graphicFullDisplayRetriever.jsp&szMaterialNo=0000063478 http://eprints.utem.edu.my/2841/1/Improve_Product_Sustainability_Through_DFE_Approach_On_Design_Of_Home_Appliances_-__A_Case_Study_On_Electric_Iron_-_24_pages.pdf http://eprints.utem.edu.my/2841/2/Improve_Product_Sustainability_Through_DFE_Approach_On_Design_Of_Home_Appliances_-__A_Case_Study_On_Electric_Iron_-_Full_Text.pdf |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| Summary: | The development of electronic equipment and sustainability are a recent combination of
conditions that come from the recognition of the importance of design, production, and
material selection, kind of product, use and final disposal which are having impact on
the environment. These urge manufacturers to consider environmental aspects at all
stages of the product development process and increase resources efficiency at all phases
of product life cycle. This report demonstrates the application of Design for
Environment (DFE) concept to develop a sustainable product. The objectives are to
integrate Design for Environment (DFE) tools into product design and development
process; to carry out Sustainability analysis on product design to reduce environment
load; and to carry out Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) study and compare the
environmental performance of the new product with the benchmark product using the
SimaPro software. The methodology carried out in this report is by developing an
existing product as a benchmark and implementing DFE tools and guidelines to design a
new sustainable product. Based on the evaluation of available benchmark product and
analysis of the product, a new sustainable redesign product was developed accordingly
to environment variables. Finally, the evaluation and comparison of environment impact
and human health of the existing product and sustainable redesign product is carried out
with the life cycle assessment (LCA) method. The environment impact is analyzed by
mean of SimaPro software which is one of the LCA widely used software. After
thoroughly analyses on environmental impact and detailed evaluation of the benchmark
product performance, a new sustainable product is redesigned or improved in a way of
environmental perspective. The sustainable product is expected to cause the lowest
environmental impact throughout its life cycle. |
|---|