Life Cycle Assessment Tool in the Early Stage of Development

Abstract:

Life cycle assessment is becoming increasingly important for industry. Like the economic impact the ecological impact is mainly determined in the early stage of development. The challenge in this context is that the impact is difficult to predict, if the product hasn’t been fully designed yet and if the production processes aren’t known. For the economic impact many empirical formulas exist, whereas for the ecological impact such formulas are still missing. Therefore, a life cycle impact assessment tool has been developed which supports the developer during all stages of development.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 655)
• Pages: 3-8
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.655.3
• Online since: October 2014
• Authors: Thilo Martens*, Eric Unterberger, Christian Gebbe, Gunther Reinhart
• Keywords: Early Stage of Development, Life Cycle Assessment, Life Cycle Design, Product Development Process (PDP)

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