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Improving Environmental Performance Through Product Development
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Abstract
Car manufacturers are working to improve environmental performance. Improvements in vehicle emissions, alternative powertrain concepts and increased recyclability are being sought. Decisions about recyclability can sometimes be at odds with other design requirements and in order to resolve these difficulties, a view of the total life of the product must be taken.
Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) is a technique that quantifies some aspects of environmental performance by studying a product throughout its life, from raw material through to final disposal.
Environmental needs will soon be integrated with the more familiar aims of cost, reliability, ease of manufacture, and efficiency.
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Rowlands, G. and Bell, J., "Improving Environmental Performance Through Product Development," SAE Technical Paper 960412, 1996, https://doi.org/10.4271/960412.Also In
References
- “ A Technical Framework for Life Cycle Assessment” January 1991 SETAC
- “ A Conceptual Framework for Life Cycle Impact Assessment” March 1993 SETAC
- “ Life Cycle Assessment Data Quality: A Conceptual Framework” June 1994 SETAC