Title :
Integrating environmental information into a designer´s cognitive processes using an ecodesign expert system. A protocol analysis case study
Author :
Poyner, Julian R. ; Simon, Matthew
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mech. Eng., Manchester Metropolitan Univ., UK
Abstract :
Proactive electronics companies are vigorously pursuing the implementation of clean electronics. To aid designers with this task companies are developing environmental computer tool kits. These suites of software packages help designers to analyze and improve their products ecologically. Manchester Metropolitan University in collaboration with Nortel Technology Ltd. have developed an Ecodesign Tool expert system that participates in the product development process. This paper describes two protocol analysis case studies using the Ecodesign Tool. The first study shows how the tool is used to set an environmental product development strategy and the second describes how well the tool integrates into a designer´s cognitive processes, whilst designing a product
Keywords :
design engineering; electronic engineering computing; environmental factors; intelligent design assistants; product development; protocols; Ecodesign Tool expert system; Manchester Metropolitan University; Nortel Technology; clean electronics; cognitive process; computer tool kit; design; environmental information; industrial ecology; product development; protocol analysis; software package; Collaborative tools; Expert systems; Mechanical engineering; Object oriented modeling; Object oriented programming; Process design; Product development; Protocols; Software design; Software packages;
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
DOI :
10.1109/ISEE.1997.605317
