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INCORPORATING ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN PRODUCT DESIGN AND REALIZATION
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INCORPORATING ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN
PRODUCT DESIGN AND REALIZATION
Traditional focus of companies onDesign, Manufacture and Distribution.
Now Environment has become a significant concern too.
LegislationCustomer demandEco-labeling programs ISO14000
INTRODUCTION
TO DISCUSSA number of approaches for reducing
environmental impact of products.A number of organisational issues that are to
be considered when identifying its capabilities and state.
The integration and information management issues of design tools that support environmentally conscious product design.
PURPOSE OF THE PAPER
Three approaches distinguished by differences in scope of organisational and temporal (time) concern.
1. Approaches Focusing on Specific Product Life-Cycle Stages.
Traditional environmental engg Pollution Prevention PracticesEnvironmentally oriented Design for X ( X=Recycling/Disassembly etc) approaches.One limitation.
APPROACHES FOR REDUCING THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF PRODUCTS
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1: Environmental Engineering 2: Pollution Prevention 3: Envir. Conscious D&M 4: Design for the Environment 5: Life Cycle Design 6: Industrial Ecology 7: Sustainable Development
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A Classification of Environmental Impact Reduction Efforts
2. Approaches focussing on a Complete Product Life-Cycle.
Includes all phases of a product’s life-cycle .3. Approaches going beyond Single Product
life-cycles.In a limited sense- everyone towards one goal.In a broader sense, sustainable development
and technology.
An org must consider to what extent will its suppliers and product realization partners have to change. Becoz
Relies on other companies or orgs or industries for its raw materials or design or production technologies or distribution of its products.
ORGANISATIONAL ASPECTS OF INTEGRATING ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
Need for Tools which assess diff aspects of a product’s
LC(such as recyclability and remanufacturability assessments).
Tools which allow an assessment of the entire product’s LC (e.g., Life-Cycle Analyses and Costing).
Tools which facilitate trade-off analyses in pursuing various LC aspects.
TOOLS SUPPORTING ENVIRONMENTALLY CONSCIOUS DESIGN
Characteristics of Tools.Simple Easily Obtainable Precisely DefinableObjective - two or more qualified observers
should arrive at the same result;Valid – they should measure, indicate, or
predict correctly what they are intended to measure, indicate, or predict;
Robust – relatively insensitive to changes in the domain of application;
Enhancement of Understanding and Prediction
Design Guidelines And ChecklistsBasic and easy toolQuantitative Design AssessmentsAssess progress, provide means for
continuous improvement and feedback. Relative and Absolute Design
AssessmentsRelative Assessment practical. Eg .LiDS Wheel.
Decision Support ToolsLess established. Concerned with the trade-off b/w
environmental impact and financial costs/benefits
With issues like the costs of using non-renewable versus renewable resources
Design for assembly versus disassembly etc.
Industry ecology and sustainable development
The major concerns are summarised in the following questions:
· Who is supposed to use the tools, i.e., who is the audience?
· Why would they use them, i.e., what is their incentive?
Integration into Design Practice and Information Management
EDUCATION – A NECESSARY PREREQUISITE TO ALL OF THE ABOVE
Lectures on environmental issues to engg design and manufacturing students.
Awareness programmes in large companies.
Conclusion