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Automation of Life Cycle Assessment Through Configurators
The manufacturing and construction industries face new sustainability regulations to reduce the environmental impact of products. Customers are also becoming increasingly interested in the sustainability evaluation of products. Thus, the use of environmental product declarations (EPDs) has steadily risen in companies as the preferred life cycle assessment (LCA) tool. These new demands for information transparency challenge companies that use configurators to support the further development of product specification activities to include such information. Given that the sustainability assessment of products is so new, guidance on how to integrate LCAs in general and EPDs in particular in configurators remains lacking. This study adds to this knowledge using an action research methodology. Specifically, this study uses literature to develop a framework for supporting the development of product configurators that include environmental assessment information for different life cycle stages. This proposed approach is tested through collaboration with a building construction company. The findings show that the proposed framework can support the development of a configurator that generates product design alternatives with information on their environmental impact.
Automation of Life Cycle Assessment Through Configurators
The manufacturing and construction industries face new sustainability regulations to reduce the environmental impact of products. Customers are also becoming increasingly interested in the sustainability evaluation of products. Thus, the use of environmental product declarations (EPDs) has steadily risen in companies as the preferred life cycle assessment (LCA) tool. These new demands for information transparency challenge companies that use configurators to support the further development of product specification activities to include such information. Given that the sustainability assessment of products is so new, guidance on how to integrate LCAs in general and EPDs in particular in configurators remains lacking. This study adds to this knowledge using an action research methodology. Specifically, this study uses literature to develop a framework for supporting the development of product configurators that include environmental assessment information for different life cycle stages. This proposed approach is tested through collaboration with a building construction company. The findings show that the proposed framework can support the development of a configurator that generates product design alternatives with information on their environmental impact.
Automation of Life Cycle Assessment Through Configurators
Campo Gay, Irene (author) / Hvam, Lars (author) / Haug, Anders (author) / Anišić, Zoran / Forza, Cipriano
2022-01-01
Campo Gay , I , Hvam , L & Haug , A 2022 , Automation of Life Cycle Assessment Through Configurators . in Z Anišić & C Forza (eds) , Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Mass Customization and Personalization – Community of Europe (MCP-CE 2022) . University of Novi Sad , pp. 19-25 , 10th International Conference on Mass Customization and Personalization – Community of Europe , Novi Sad , Serbia , 21/09/2022 .
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/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/affordable_and_clean_energy , SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy , Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) , /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/responsible_consumption_and_production , Configurators , Product Variant Master (PVM) , Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) , SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production , Sustainability Assessment
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