Comparison of simplified LCA variations for three LCA cases of electronic products from the ecodesign point of view

Author

Valkama, Jani ; Keskinen, Marika

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron., Tech. Univ. of Tampere, Tampere

fYear

2008

fDate

19-22 May 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

A life cycle approach is used to determine environmental requirements in the product development process. In that connection, a full-scale life cycle assessment (LCA) is a reliable method for the steering of ecodesign. However, in the electronics industry especially, LCA utilization in ecodesign has been found to be complicated, as it requires lot of working effort and data. In this study, the simplification options of LCA, or, more precisely, those of a life cycle inventory (LCI) model and a result indicator profile, producing reliable results for ecodesign were evaluated. Simplified LCA variations for three different electronic products were compared against more accurate and reference LCAs made.

Keywords

electronics industry; environmental factors; product design; product life cycle management; ecodesign; electronic product development process; electronics industry; life cycle assessment; life cycle inventory; Decision making; Electrical products industry; Electronic ballasts; Electronics industry; Frequency conversion; Humidity; Probability distribution; Product development; Technological innovation; Uncertainty; Ecodesign; Electrical and electronic products; Life cycle assessment (LCA); Simplified life cycle assessment;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronics and the Environment, 2008. ISEE 2008. IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2272-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2298-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISEE.2008.4562923

Filename

4562923