Environmental assessments of electronics: a new model to bridge the gap between full life cycle evaluations and product design

Author

Nissen, N.F. ; Griese, H. ; Middendorf, A. ; Müller, J. ; Pötter, H. ; Reichl, H.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Environ. Eng., Fraunhofer Inst. fur Zuverlassigkeit & Mikrointegration, Berlin, Germany

fYear

1997

fDate

5-7 May 1997

Firstpage

182

Lastpage

187

Abstract

In this paper summaries and comparisons of different approaches for the environmental assessment of electronics are presented. A new assessment model developed at the IZM is explained, which is based on the material content of a product instead of the complete life cycle process chain. Comparisons with other simplified indicator systems and with complex life cycle methods such as those according to SETAC or EPS are made. Emphasis is put on the user needs and the data acquisition problems for each approach and on the usability of the results in the design of electronic products

Keywords

environmental factors; EPS; IZM; SETAC; data acquisition; electronic product design; environmental assessment model; life cycle; material content; Bridges; Consumer electronics; Costs; Data acquisition; Design engineering; Health and safety; Product design; Reliability engineering; Usability; Waste materials;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronics and the Environment, 1997. ISEE-1997., Proceedings of the 1997 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3808-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISEE.1997.605314

Filename

605314