Green marketing of automobile engine air-filter element using LCA study

Author

Kang, Myung-Hwi ; Lee, Han-Kyung ; Lee, Nam-Woong

Author_Institution

Ecofrontier Co., South Korea

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

1084

Lastpage

1088

Abstract

The primary purpose of this study is to apply for green marketing of automobile air filter element in domestic and foreign countries. By comparing the LCA result of the developed automobile air filter element(PET element) and the existed automobile air filter element(compound element), this study shows that the developed automobile air filter element is superior in the environmental aspect. Conclusively this result was used for expanding the market share. in automotive sector through presenting the quantitative LCA results of two product systems. In near future, Type III labeling certification can be applied to the developed automobile air filter element

Keywords

automobiles; design for environment; filtration; internal combustion engines; marketing; PET element; Type III labeling certification; automobile air filter element; environmental aspect; green marketing; Air cleaners; Automobiles; Certification; Electronic mail; Engines; Environmental management; Labeling; Positron emission tomography; Raw materials; Recycling;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing, 2001. Proceedings EcoDesign 2001: Second International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Tokyo

Print_ISBN

0-7695-1266-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/.2001.992527

Filename

992527