Environmental impact assessment in sustainable manufacturing: A case study

Bereketli L., Erol Genevois M.

14th IFAC Symposium on Information Control Problems in Manufacturing, INCOM'12, Bucharest, Romania, 23 - 25 May 2012, vol.14, pp.746-751 identifier

  • Publication Type: Conference Paper / Full Text
  • Volume: 14
  • Doi Number: 10.3182/20120523-3-ro-2023.00194
  • City: Bucharest
  • Country: Romania
  • Page Numbers: pp.746-751
  • Keywords: Ecodesign, Electrical and Electronic Equipment, Environmental Impact Assessment, EQFD, Life Cycle Thinking, Sustainable Manufacturing
  • Galatasaray University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Observing the environmental impacts of a product during its whole life cycle, determining its most environmentally influential life cycle stage, assessing these impacts and finding solutions to conduct ecodesign by interpreting the results are the main ideas of sustainable manufacturing methodology. In this study, an environmental performance assessment for the product "hand blender", a member of the small household appliances electrical and electronic equipment family, will be conducted. In order to define environmentally problematic phases of the product, life cycle thinking approach and Environmental Quality Function Deployment (EQFD) will be used. © 2012 IFAC.