Abstract
The environmental impacts observed throughout a product life cycle are, to a large extent, determined during its development phase, especially on the initial stages of product development process. These stages are characterized by a high level of uncertainty, environmental performance improvement potential and by the unavailability of quantitative and detailed data of the product for performing fullscale LCAs, since it is still under development. Companies are more than ever recognizing the need for adopting a systemic view of the environmental impacts in the first stages of product development but, the complexity and slowness of fullscale LCA studies coupled with the lack of technical expertise of the designers to apply LCA, prevents the use of the results in the decision making process of product
development. In order to overcome this problem, a large amount of ecodesign practitioners and academics has developed simplified methods and tools to assess the environmental impacts in the product life cycle. In this context, the main goal of this study is to discuss the use of full-scale and simplified LCA in product development process context and present an overview of the so called simplified LCA, obtained during a systematic literature review on ecodesign methods and tools.
development. In order to overcome this problem, a large amount of ecodesign practitioners and academics has developed simplified methods and tools to assess the environmental impacts in the product life cycle. In this context, the main goal of this study is to discuss the use of full-scale and simplified LCA in product development process context and present an overview of the so called simplified LCA, obtained during a systematic literature review on ecodesign methods and tools.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | 3rd International workshop on advances in cleaner production : Cleaner production initiatives and challenges for a sustainable world |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Publication date | 2011 |
| Publication status | Published - 2011 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | 3rd International workshop on advances in cleaner production - Sao Paulo, Brazil Duration: 18 May 2011 → 20 May 2011 Conference number: 3 |
Conference
| Conference | 3rd International workshop on advances in cleaner production |
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| Number | 3 |
| Country/Territory | Brazil |
| City | Sao Paulo |
| Period | 18/05/2011 → 20/05/2011 |
