scholarly journals Development of a Set of Criteria as an Eco-Design Tool for Evaluation of Environmental Impact of Material Choice

2009 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 102-110
Author(s):  
J. Simanovska ◽  
K. Valters ◽  
G. Bažbauers
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Product Design ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Environmental Performance ◽  
Energy Content ◽  
Design Tool ◽  
Use Patterns ◽  
Material Choice ◽  
Product Design Process ◽  
Further Development

Development of a Set of Criteria as an Eco-Design Tool for Evaluation of Environmental Impact of Material Choice Eco-design is part of the product design process aimed at reducing the environmental impacts of products during their entire lifecycle. Nowadays, the eco-design concept becomes more and more important, and it is also incorporated in the latest developments in legislation. However, with regard to the implementation of eco-design, many guidelines and tools still focus on the strategic level, but the practical tools are underdeveloped. In order to promote eco-design in the industry, there is a need for the further development of more practical tools, taking into account the scientific findings, but also making them applicable into a product design process. The intention of this paper is to present major considerations in order to develop a set of criteria for the material choice taking into account LCA studies and available data regarding environmental performance of materials. The proposed criteria system is based on three main criteria - toxicity, energy, recyclability, which corresponds to the main impact areas of material choice according to findings from the published LCA studies. These criteria are also linked to each other - e.g. with increasing recyclability one can decrease the energy content, as well as the toxic dispersion. The important innovation in this list of criteria would be that the product design - product structure -and use patterns (incl. end of life scenario) is linked to energy content, recyclability and toxicity. The next step would be development of the quantifiable values of this criteria system (expressed in 5 units), in order to make it more applicability of a quick screening tool in the product design process.

scholarly journals Triple-Helix Structured Model Based on Problem-Knowledge-Solution Co-evolution for Innovative Product Design Process

2020 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Qian Hui ◽  
Yan Li ◽  
Ye Tao ◽  
Hongwei Liu
Keyword(s):  
Product Design ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Design Problem ◽  
Triple Helix ◽  
Problem Solution ◽  
Innovative Product ◽  
Innovative Design ◽  
Structured Model ◽  
Knowledge Spaces ◽  
Product Design Process

AbstractA design problem with deficient information is generally described as wicked or ill-defined. The information insufficiency leaves designers with loose settings, free environments, and a lack of strict boundaries, which provides them with more opportunities to facilitate innovation. Therefore, to capture the opportunity behind the uncertainty of a design problem, this study models an innovative design as a composite solving process, where the problem is clarified and resolved from fuzziness to satisfying solutions by interplay among design problems, knowledge, and solutions. Additionally, a triple-helix structured model for the innovative product design process is proposed based on the co-evolution of the problem, solution, and knowledge spaces, to provide designers with a distinct design strategy and method for innovative design. The three spaces interact and co-evolve through iterative mappings, including problem structuring, knowledge expansion, and solution generation. The mappings carry the information processing and decision-making activities of the design, and create the path to satisfying solutions. Finally, a case study of a reactor coolant flow distribution device is presented to demonstrate the practicability of this model and the method for innovative product design.

Process Control Method of Complex Product Multidisciplinary Collaborative Design System

2013 ◽  
Vol 712-715 ◽  
pp. 2888-2893
Author(s):  
Hai Qiang Liu ◽  
Ming Lv
Keyword(s):  
Information Sharing ◽  
Product Design ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Collaborative Design ◽  
Control Method ◽  
Integrated System ◽  
Design System ◽  
System Control ◽  
Complex Product ◽  
Product Design Process

In order to realize information sharing and interchange of complex product multidisciplinary collaborative design (MCD) design process and resources. The Process integrated system control of product multidisciplinary collaborative design was analyzed firstly in this paper, then design process of complex product for supporting multidisciplinary collaborative was introduced, a detailed description is given of the organization structure and modeling process of MCD-oriented Integration of Product Design Meta-model ; and concrete implement process of process integrated system control method was introduced to effectively realize information sharing and interchange between product design process and resources.

Study on a Knowledge-Reuse-Based Rapid Product Design Process

2008 ◽  
Vol 392-394 ◽  
pp. 543-550 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hun Guo ◽  
Guo Xing Tang ◽  
Dun Wen Zuo ◽  
T.J. Liu ◽  
W.D. Jin
Keyword(s):  
Product Design ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Iterative Process ◽  
Process Model ◽  
Design Reuse ◽  
Knowledge Reuse ◽  
Construction Machinery ◽  
Current Design ◽  
Product Design Process ◽  
Three Factor

Design reuse is the application of past designs knowledge and successful experience to current design process and it is a significant method for rapid design. A knowledge-reuse-based rapid product design model is proposed and a three-factor product design iterative process model is studied. Finally, it is applied successfully in the rapid product design of construction machinery combining with the requirement of the construct machinery product design.

The Structure of the Product Design Process

2008 ◽  
pp. 37-70
Author(s):  
Anil Mital ◽  
Anoop Desai ◽  
Anand Subramanian ◽  
Aashi Mital
Keyword(s):  
Product Design ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Product Design Process

SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY IN PRODUCT DESIGN: A REVIEW AND DIRECTIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH

2016 ◽  
Vol 79 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohd Fahrul Hassan ◽  
Muhamad Zameri Mat Saman ◽  
Salwa Mahmood ◽  
Nik Hisyamudin Muhd Nor ◽  
Mohd Nasrull Abdol Rahman
Keyword(s):  
Product Design ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Sustainability Assessment ◽  
Integrated Design ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Sustainable Product Design ◽  
Great Opportunity ◽  
Product Design Process ◽  
Sustainable Product

To achieve sustainable product design, it is crucial to use sustainability assessment during the product design process. In this paper, numerous sustainability assessment methodologies in product design are reviewed. A comprehensive assessment of sustainability has been reported to present better performance for improving product sustainability. This review focused on the consideration of sustainability elements by previous researchers that have proposed integrated design tools, commercial software tools and combination both methods in supporting the methodologies. Based on this review, it can be concluded that the inclusion of sustainability performance among the assessment criteria in the design process activities is suggested as a critical point of concern which presents a challenge and is a great opportunity to develop useful guidelines or directions for industries or any product-based project so that the proposed approach will be accepted for implementation in the working environment.

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