Title :
Simplified life cycle assessment for eco-design
Author :
Ryu, Jiyeon ; Ik Kim ; Eunsun Kwon ; Hur, Tak
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mater. Chem & Eng., Konkuk Univ., Seoul, South Korea
Abstract :
The environmental aspects of electrical and electronic equipment (EEEs) have emerged as a matter of primary concern and, thus, eco-design is being conducted actively. In order to identify the significant environmental aspects of a product system, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) has been used widely. However, a full scale LCA study is usually very detailed, expensive and time-consuming. In this study the development of a simplified LCA (SLCA) that can be applied to EEEs was attempted to efficiently identify their significant environmental aspects for eco-design.
Keywords :
design for environment; electrical products; electronic products; product design; ecodesign; electrical equipment; electronic equipment; environmental aspects; product system; simplified life cycle assessment;
Conference_Titel :
Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing, 2003. EcoDesign '03. 2003 3rd International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Tokyo, Japan
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8590-x
DOI :
10.1109/ECODIM.2003.1322714
