SummarySustainable manufacturing has increasingly included design for environment methodologies w... more SummarySustainable manufacturing has increasingly included design for environment methodologies with the objective of improving the environmental performance of products over their entire life cycles. Current European Union (EU) directives on eco‐design focus on the use phase of energy‐related products (ErPs). However, the maintenance of various household non‐ErPs is performed with ErPs; therefore, the environmental impacts of product maintenance have an important role in the life cycle of non‐ErPs. This article presents two eco‐design studies where the implementation of improvement strategies of the use and maintenance phase of products had relevant results. Furthermore, environmental communication‐to‐user strategies were important to ensure the commitment of users toward eco‐efficient behaviors. First, a knife was eco‐designed according to strategies which focused on materials, processing, maintenance, and communication to user. By applying eco‐design in a cradle‐to‐consumer scope...
Assessment of Carbon Footprint in Different Industrial Sectors, Volume 1, 2014
ABSTRACT Eco-design is used as a tool in the manufacturing and services sectors for improving the... more ABSTRACT Eco-design is used as a tool in the manufacturing and services sectors for improving the sustainability of products by integrating environmental aspects into the design stage, where most of the product impacts are determined. Laws (e.g., EU eco-design directive) and international schemes (e.g., ISO 14006) have encouraged the use of eco-design in companies, as well as the literature has reflected the advances in methodology and the widespread of case studies in different economic sectors. This chapter aims to show a combined Design for Environment (DfE) and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology for implementing eco-design in companies. The steps and tools of the methodology, as well as the most common strategies are described. Product Carbon footprint (PCF) has an important role in the methodology in two main ways. First, PCF is one of the indicators that can be calculated with LCA, being an understandable environmental indicator used in companies not only as quantitative data of the current environmental performance but also as benchmark for further improvements. Second, PCF is used as strategy for environmental communication to consumers through eco-labeling. The main strength of Carbon Footprint is that stakeholders (business and consumers) are aware of and understand its meaning due to the presence of carbon emissions and global warming in mass media and public science studies.
SummarySustainable manufacturing has increasingly included design for environment methodologies w... more SummarySustainable manufacturing has increasingly included design for environment methodologies with the objective of improving the environmental performance of products over their entire life cycles. Current European Union (EU) directives on eco‐design focus on the use phase of energy‐related products (ErPs). However, the maintenance of various household non‐ErPs is performed with ErPs; therefore, the environmental impacts of product maintenance have an important role in the life cycle of non‐ErPs. This article presents two eco‐design studies where the implementation of improvement strategies of the use and maintenance phase of products had relevant results. Furthermore, environmental communication‐to‐user strategies were important to ensure the commitment of users toward eco‐efficient behaviors. First, a knife was eco‐designed according to strategies which focused on materials, processing, maintenance, and communication to user. By applying eco‐design in a cradle‐to‐consumer scope...
Assessment of Carbon Footprint in Different Industrial Sectors, Volume 1, 2014
ABSTRACT Eco-design is used as a tool in the manufacturing and services sectors for improving the... more ABSTRACT Eco-design is used as a tool in the manufacturing and services sectors for improving the sustainability of products by integrating environmental aspects into the design stage, where most of the product impacts are determined. Laws (e.g., EU eco-design directive) and international schemes (e.g., ISO 14006) have encouraged the use of eco-design in companies, as well as the literature has reflected the advances in methodology and the widespread of case studies in different economic sectors. This chapter aims to show a combined Design for Environment (DfE) and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology for implementing eco-design in companies. The steps and tools of the methodology, as well as the most common strategies are described. Product Carbon footprint (PCF) has an important role in the methodology in two main ways. First, PCF is one of the indicators that can be calculated with LCA, being an understandable environmental indicator used in companies not only as quantitative data of the current environmental performance but also as benchmark for further improvements. Second, PCF is used as strategy for environmental communication to consumers through eco-labeling. The main strength of Carbon Footprint is that stakeholders (business and consumers) are aware of and understand its meaning due to the presence of carbon emissions and global warming in mass media and public science studies.
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