Integrating environmental information into a designer´s cognitive processes using an ecodesign expert system. A protocol analysis case study

Author

Poyner, Julian R. ; Simon, Matthew

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mech. Eng., Manchester Metropolitan Univ., UK

fYear

1997

fDate

5-7 May 1997

Firstpage

198

Lastpage

203

Abstract

Proactive electronics companies are vigorously pursuing the implementation of clean electronics. To aid designers with this task companies are developing environmental computer tool kits. These suites of software packages help designers to analyze and improve their products ecologically. Manchester Metropolitan University in collaboration with Nortel Technology Ltd. have developed an Ecodesign Tool expert system that participates in the product development process. This paper describes two protocol analysis case studies using the Ecodesign Tool. The first study shows how the tool is used to set an environmental product development strategy and the second describes how well the tool integrates into a designer´s cognitive processes, whilst designing a product

Keywords

design engineering; electronic engineering computing; environmental factors; intelligent design assistants; product development; protocols; Ecodesign Tool expert system; Manchester Metropolitan University; Nortel Technology; clean electronics; cognitive process; computer tool kit; design; environmental information; industrial ecology; product development; protocol analysis; software package; Collaborative tools; Expert systems; Mechanical engineering; Object oriented modeling; Object oriented programming; Process design; Product development; Protocols; Software design; Software packages;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronics and the Environment, 1997. ISEE-1997., Proceedings of the 1997 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3808-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISEE.1997.605317

Filename

605317