Ecodesign methods focused on remanufacturing

Pigosso, Daniela Cristina Antelmi; Zanette, Evelyn T.; Filho, Américo Guelere; Ometto, Aldo Roberto; Rozenfeld, Henrique

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2009.09.005

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“…The environmental aspects are given the same status as functionality, durability, costs, time-to-market, aesthetics, ergonomics and quality (Pigosso et al, 2010). Ecodesign can be seen as a strategic design activity established to conceive and develop sustainable solutions, and also, as a proactive management approach that directs product development towards environmental impact reductions throughout its life cycle, without compromising other functionalities.…”

Section: Design For Environmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

The environmental footprint of interior wood doors in non-residential buildings – part 1: life cycle assessment

Cobut

Blanchet

Beauregard

2015

Journal of Cleaner Production

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Section: Design For Environmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

The environmental footprint of interior wood doors in non-residential buildings – part 1: life cycle assessment

Cobut

Blanchet

Beauregard

2015

Journal of Cleaner Production

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“…Eco design is defined as a proactive environmental management approach that integrates environmental issues into the product development and their related processes [8]. Within the product development process, the eco-design represents the inclusion of environmental matter into every phase of the development process, not forgetting traditional arguments such as function, costs, production, aesthetics, etc.…”

Section: Eco-design In the Completion Industrymentioning

confidence: 99%

Integrating Eco-design and PLM in the Aviation Completion Industry: A Case Study

Moreira

Aït‐Kadi

Vieira

et al. 2014

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

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Abstract. Aviation represents 12% of the CO2 emissions from all transport sources in the world. These pollutants are even stronger in their impact because they are released at high altitudes. Therefore, aeronautical companies have adopted the eco-design and PLM perspective to integrate the environmental concerns into the development of their products. PLM permits to include the environmental matters into every phase of the development process, not forgetting traditional arguments such as function, costs, production and aesthetics. Research regarding ecologically concerned textiles in aviation completion industry is not available in literature, especially those regarding its whole lifecycle and supply chain. Therefore, this paper aims to analyse this unexplored concern by assessing the integration of eco-design and PLM perspective for the use of textile materials in this industry sector. Through a case study, the research team explored the completion function of a north-American company in general and, specifically, the use of textile materials for internal completion of the aircraft. Even though representing 1% of the total weight of the aircraft, textiles represent an important factor in the composition of an airplane and the fact that it is being thought off as another recyclable and not disposable part of it should mean a shift in the perception of its growing importance in the development of the plane as a whole.

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“…Not only are the materials kept in closed loop such that raw materials extraction is saved (material recycling), but also the energy intensive manufacturing of the parts are eliminated. This means a double benefit where both energy and material resources are saved compared to new parts production [27][28][29][30][31][32]. Even though there are challenges to overcome, like the supply of a sufficient number of used products to be remanufactured [21,32], the consumers of the remanufactured part have an economic saving in the range of 30% [25] to 53% [28] compared to a new product.…”

Section: Alternator Remanufacturingmentioning

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Life Cycle Costing in Sustainability Assessment—A Case Study of Remanufactured Alternators

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Sustainability is on the international agenda, and is a driver for industry in international competition. Sustainability encompasses the three pillars: environment, society and economy. To prevent shifting of burden, the whole life cycle needs to be taken into account. For the environmental dimension of sustainability, life cycle assessment (LCA) has been practiced for a while and is a standardized method. A life cycle approach for the social and economic pillars of sustainability needs to be further developed. This paper investigates the application of life cycle costing (LCC) as part of a wider sustainability assessment where also social life cycle assessment (SLCA) and LCA are combined. LCA-type LCC is applied on a case study of remanufactured alternators. Remanufacturing of automobile parts is a fast growing important business with large potential for cost and resource savings. Three design alternatives for the alternator and three locations for the remanufacturing plant are evaluated. The remanufacturer perspective and the user perspective are investigated. The results for the LCA-type LCC show that the largest cost for the remanufacturer is the new parts replacing old warn parts. However, the user cost, and therein especially, cost for fuel used for the alternator's power production dominates and should be the focus for further improvement. In conducting the case study, it was revealed that the connection between the LCA-type LCC results and the economic dimension of sustainability needs to be further investigated and defined. For this purpose, areas of protection for life cycle sustainability assessment and LCA-type LCC in particular need further development.

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Ecodesign methods focused on remanufacturing

Cited by 201 publications

References 36 publications

The environmental footprint of interior wood doors in non-residential buildings – part 1: life cycle assessment

The environmental footprint of interior wood doors in non-residential buildings – part 1: life cycle assessment

Integrating Eco-design and PLM in the Aviation Completion Industry: A Case Study

Life Cycle Costing in Sustainability Assessment—A Case Study of Remanufactured Alternators

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