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Step by step, this paper presents a streamlined product structuring method which includes environmental structuring criteria. The so-called EcoDesign Structure Matrix (EcoDSM) is based on the conventional Design Structure Matrix approach which allows highlighting interdependencies between elements of the product structure. A particular concern has been put on streamlining the method, since the additional effort for the product developer analysing environmental effects of the product structure should be restricted to a minimum. Thus, this study aims at formulating (obvious) interdependencies by algebraic expressions instead of taking record of them manually. The article is completed by a case study of a household product which should rather illustrate the procedure of structuring products with the EcoDSM than proving its power to cope with complexity.
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Voß, M., Birkhofer, H. (2006). Identifying and assessing environmentally benign modules. In: Brissaud, D., Tichkiewitch, S., Zwolinski, P. (eds) Innovation in Life Cycle Engineering and Sustainable Development. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4617-0_17
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