Abstract
The paper describes the requirements of product designers towards methods for environmental evaluation; it argues that indicators can be used for rough environmental evaluations and it presents experiences made with the indicator-based Oil Point Method (OPM). This method is illustrated by means of three examples, a vacuum cleaner, two sweaters and a passenger car. The quality of the results is compared with two other methods for environmental evaluation.
Original language | English |
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Journal | International Journal of Manufacturing Engineering |
Volume | 215 |
Issue number | B |
Pages (from-to) | 637-635 |
ISSN | 0954-4054 |
Publication status | Published - 2001 |
Keywords
- Environment
- Indicator
- Oilpoints
- design for environment
- Product development