scholarly journals Actionable insights with less data: guiding early building design decisions with streamlined probabilistic life cycle assessment

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (10) ◽  
pp. 1903-1915 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua Hester ◽  
T. Reed Miller ◽  
Jeremy Gregory ◽  
Randolph Kirchain
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Building Design ◽  
Design Decisions ◽  
Building Design Decisions

Informing Packaging Design Decisions at Toyota Motor Sales Using Life Cycle Assessment and Costing

2009 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 592-606 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claire Early ◽  
Tim Kidman ◽  
Michelle Menvielle ◽  
Roland Geyer ◽  
Ryan McMullan
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Design Decisions ◽  
Packaging Design

Life Cycle Assessment in Different Product Design Stages - A Coffee Pot Case Study

2010 ◽  
Vol 34-35 ◽  
pp. 988-994 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sui Ran Yu ◽  
Rui Bin Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Decision Matrix ◽  
Design Decisions ◽  
Software Designers ◽  
Detail Design ◽  
Environmental Friendly ◽  
Conceptual Design Phase

This paper presents a life cycle assessment (LCA) method in different design process. This method can help product designers to make more environmental friendly design decisions in the design process. In this method, product’s LCA model is established in product conceptual design phase with the aid of decision matrix. Thereafter, the model is improved in the latter design phases, especially in product detail design phases. In this process, with the help of LCA software, designers can evaluate different design options and get LCA results when necessary to guide the design process. Finally, a case study of designing a coffee pot is provided in this paper to illustrate the efficiency and effectiveness of this method. The case study shows that the method performs very well in the design process. It can be used to help designers to make more environmental friendly design decisions.

Impact of progressive sustainable target value assessment on building design decisions

2015 ◽  
Vol 85 ◽  
pp. 52-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah V. Russell-Smith ◽  
Michael D. Lepech ◽  
Renate Fruchter ◽  
Allison Littman
Keyword(s):  
Building Design ◽  
Value Assessment ◽  
Design Decisions ◽  
Target Value ◽  
Building Design Decisions
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