Life Cycle Check
Product Life Cycle Check
A Guide© Translation
Henrik Wenzel and Nina Caspersen, Institute for Product Development, Anders Schmidt, dk-TEKNIK Special edition adapted for course 42372, Tech.University of Denmark by dr. Michael Hauschild, September 2000.
© IPU. First draft can only be used outside IPU with special permission. -do not copy-
Preface
This Guide has been written in connection with the project with the Danish title Stimulering af mindre virksomheders interesse for arbejdet med renere produkter (Stimulating small companies’ incentive for producing environmentally cleaner products) sponsored by the Danish Environmental Protection Agency. The project was managed by TIC (Technological Information Centres). The Guide can be used as course material but can also be used as a supporting tool for the preliminary assessment of a product’s environmental properties. The guide was subsequently translated and further elaborated by Mrs. Christine Molin, Institute for Product Development, Denmark and reviewed and commented by Dr. Michael Hauschild, IPT, Technical University of Denmark, Dr. Per Nielsen, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand, Prof. Chris Buckley, University of Natal, Durban, South Africa, and Dr. Stig Irving Olsen and Dr. Niels Frees, Institute for Product Development, Denmark and finally by the authors.
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Content
Preface …………………………………………………………….. 2 1. Introduction …………………………………………………… 4 1.1 User guide ……. …………………………………………… 5 2. Choice of product……………………………………………… 6 3. The service provided by the product ………………………… 7 3.1 The functional unit ……………………………………….. 11 3.2 Secondary services………………………………………….. 13 4. The product life cycle ………………………………………….. 15 4.1 Overview of the product life …………………………….. 15 4.2 Interactions with adjoining systems .…………………….. 23 5. Preliminary environmental assessment ……………………. 25 5.1 Materials ……………………………………………………27 5.2 Energy ………………………………………………………. 28 5.3 Chemicals………………………………………………….. 34 5.4 Other
A Guide© Translation
Henrik Wenzel and Nina Caspersen, Institute for Product Development, Anders Schmidt, dk-TEKNIK Special edition adapted for course 42372, Tech.University of Denmark by dr. Michael Hauschild, September 2000.
© IPU. First draft can only be used outside IPU with special permission. -do not copy-
Preface
This Guide has been written in connection with the project with the Danish title Stimulering af mindre virksomheders interesse for arbejdet med renere produkter (Stimulating small companies’ incentive for producing environmentally cleaner products) sponsored by the Danish Environmental Protection Agency. The project was managed by TIC (Technological Information Centres). The Guide can be used as course material but can also be used as a supporting tool for the preliminary assessment of a product’s environmental properties. The guide was subsequently translated and further elaborated by Mrs. Christine Molin, Institute for Product Development, Denmark and reviewed and commented by Dr. Michael Hauschild, IPT, Technical University of Denmark, Dr. Per Nielsen, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand, Prof. Chris Buckley, University of Natal, Durban, South Africa, and Dr. Stig Irving Olsen and Dr. Niels Frees, Institute for Product Development, Denmark and finally by the authors.
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Content
Preface …………………………………………………………….. 2 1. Introduction …………………………………………………… 4 1.1 User guide ……. …………………………………………… 5 2. Choice of product……………………………………………… 6 3. The service provided by the product ………………………… 7 3.1 The functional unit ……………………………………….. 11 3.2 Secondary services………………………………………….. 13 4. The product life cycle ………………………………………….. 15 4.1 Overview of the product life …………………………….. 15 4.2 Interactions with adjoining systems .…………………….. 23 5. Preliminary environmental assessment ……………………. 25 5.1 Materials ……………………………………………………27 5.2 Energy ………………………………………………………. 28 5.3 Chemicals………………………………………………….. 34 5.4 Other
References: 46 [12] Pedersen M A, H Wenzel, N Frees, J Siegumfeldt, P Berggren og P R Hansen (1998): UMIP PC-værktøj, version 2.10 Beta