Analytical tools for environmental design and management in a systems perspective

Wrisberg, Nicoline; Haes, Helias A. Udo de; Klöpffer, Walter

doi:10.1007/bf02978573

Cited by 73 publications

(83 citation statements)

References 3 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Economic models are integrated within the process submodels, which calculate both financial costs and environmental costs in a form of simplified cost-benefit analysis. Since the economic analysis part puts a monetary value on the emissions quantified in the life cycle inventories and the impacts considered in the impact assessment, it is a LCC [20]. Further information on impact assessment and economic calculations in ORWARE can be obtained in [21,22].…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

ORWARE: an aid to environmental technology chain assessment

Assefa

Björklund

Eriksson

et al. 2005

Journal of Cleaner Production

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This article discusses the ORWARE tool, a model originally developed for environmental systems analysis of waste management systems, and shows its prospect as a tool for environmental technology chain assessment. Different concepts of technology assessment are presented to put ORWARE into context in the discussion that has been going for more than two decades since the establishment of the US Congressional Office of Technology Assessment (OTA). An even-handed assessment is important in different ways such as reproducibility, reliability, credibility, etc. Conventional technology assessment (TA) relied on the judgements and intuition of the assessors. A computer-based tool such as ORWARE provides a basis for transparency and a structured management of input and output data that cover ecological and economic parameters. This permits consistent and coherent technology assessments. Using quantitative analysis as in ORWARE makes comparison and addition of values across chain of technologies easier. We illustrate the application of the model in environmental technology chain assessment through a study of alternative technical systems linking waste management to vehicle fuel production and use. The principles of material and substance flow modelling, life cycle perspective, and graphical modelling featured in ORWARE offer a generic structure for environmentally focused TA of chains and networks of technical processes. #

show abstract

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

ORWARE: an aid to environmental technology chain assessment

Assefa

Björklund

Eriksson

et al. 2005

Journal of Cleaner Production

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…One of the earlier reviews of analytical environmental tools is provided by Wrisberg et al (2002). The authors conduct a thorough review of analytical environmental tools for environmental design and management.…”

Section: Ecodesignmentioning

confidence: 99%

Early stages of designing resource-efficient offerings : An initial view of their analysis and evaluation

Brambila‐Macias

2018

Linköping Studies in Science and Technology. Licentiate Thesis

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The increasing use of natural resources and the pollution it causes calls for new ways of addressing customer needs. Additionally, a more uncertain and complex world also presents new challenges. In this thesis, these new challenges are tackled through inter and transdisciplinary research, which require more interaction across disciplines to tackle complex phenomena.The manner in which companies address customer needs starts from the designing (a multiplestakeholder perspective) of offerings where companies rely on different types of support (guidelines, standards, methods and tools). In this thesis, these offerings, include products, services, systems, and solutions. This plays an important role in the use of natural resources and its impact on the environment. In this Licentiate, I present results to show initial cues on how to design resource-efficient offerings, and more specifically their analysis and evaluation in the early stages of the design process. This type of offerings is suggested to be crucial for the circular economy, which can be understood as a paradigm shift towards sustainability. In this paradigm shift, designing is carried out by taking into account reuse, remanufacture and recycling of products as strategies by multiple stakeholders and companies. Other strategies include providing services, a function or a solution through dematerialization and transmaterialization.The methods used in this research are narrative and systematic literature reviews, thematic analysis and a case study. The results show a lack of interdisciplinary research in the academic literature in subjects relevant to the design of resource-efficient offerings. The results also show a need to clarify what transdisciplinary research entails. Moreover, current practice shows that support used by companies needs to consider several factors for it to be useful, for example, the vision of the company, participation of potential users of the support and everyday operations, among other characteristics. Finally, more practical support coming from academia is necessary to improve its use in industry.

show abstract

“…Material flow analysis (MFA) is one of the different methodologies that deal with material and energy flow management in industrial and natural systems [1]. It is a depiction of physical flows (material and energy) that are related to the economy.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Material and Energy Flow Management- Lifelong Learning Courses Experiences

Zavargo

Jokić

Pavličević

et al. 2017

JEPM

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Material and energy flow management is among the most important factors for the economic growth of a society in harmony with nature and it will play the main role only in the area of sustainable development. The three lifelong learning courses were developed in order to introduce this concept to the industry professionals and administration at the city and regional level. The main goal was to heighten awareness of participants to this topic, as in Serbia it is relatively new

show abstract

Analytical tools for environmental design and management in a systems perspective

Cited by 73 publications

References 3 publications

ORWARE: an aid to environmental technology chain assessment

ORWARE: an aid to environmental technology chain assessment

Early stages of designing resource-efficient offerings : An initial view of their analysis and evaluation

Material and Energy Flow Management- Lifelong Learning Courses Experiences

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About