Use of an energy-saving concept to assess life-cycle impact in engineering
by Hua Li, Hong-Chao Zhang, John Carrell, Derrick Tate
International Journal of Sustainable Manufacturing (IJSM), Vol. 2, No. 1, 2010

Abstract: Energy and environmental issues are worldwide concerns in the 21st century. The authors propose that the best way to solve the energy-use problem is to account for all of a product's energy consumption information at the beginning of product design. Therefore, with the objective to promote energy-saving throughout the entire life cycle of general products or systems, the authors develop a new product design method by integrating the engineering design theory and two new concepts. A case study based on a typical energy-consuming product, a commercial hair dryer, will be presented in the paper for demonstrating the new design concept.

Online publication date: Mon, 15-Feb-2010

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