Selecting green design strategies on the basis of eco-efficiency calculations

van Nes, C. N.; Stevels, A. L. N.

doi:10.1007/978-1-4615-6381-5_26

C. N. van Nes³ &
A. L. N. Stevels³

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This paper focuses on the requirements for a comparative assessment of the environmental impacts of different products. A proposal is discussed to enhance the present day environmental analysis through the eco-efficiency calculation of a product. The eco-efficiency assessment quantifies how efficiently our resources are applied, including the product lifetime and the intensity of use. It offers a systematic way to calculáte the optimum lifetime of products, also by taking into account new (technological) innovations. It can also be of help to set priorities in the selection between various design improvement options. A first example is worked out by calculating the eco-efficiency of a TV set.

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Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Jaffalaan 9, 2628 BX Delft, The Netherlands
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Fraunhofer Institute for Production, Systems and Design Technology, Berlin, Germany
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Institute for Machine Tools and Factory Management, Technical University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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van Nes, C.N., Stevels, A.L.N. (1997). Selecting green design strategies on the basis of eco-efficiency calculations. In: Krause, FL., Seliger, G. (eds) Life Cycle Networks. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-6381-5_26

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