Environmental Assessment of Products: Volume 1 Methodology, Tools and Case Studies in Product Develo

Preface. Introduction. Part I: Introduction to Environmental Assessment of Products. 1. The state of the environment. 2. Society's environmental focus. 3. Environmental assessment of products - what does it say? 4. Status of life cycle assessment. 5. Environmental assessment and product development. Part II: The Life Cycle Assessment Method. 6. The structure of the LCA method. 7. Goal definition. 8. Scope definition. 9. Inventory. 10. Impact assessment. 11. Uncertainty and sensitivity analysis. 12. The MECO principle. 13. Choices in the EDIP method. Part III: Environmental Tasks in Product Development. 14. Cooperation with the designer. 15. Environmental assessment of references. 16. Environmental diagnosis. 17. Environmental specification. 18. Environmental assessment of concepts. 19. Environmental assessment of details. Part IV: The Toolbox. 20. Procedure for goal definition. 21. Procedure for scope definition. 22. Procedure for inventory. 23. Procedure for impact assessment. 24. Procedure for sensitivity analysis. Part V: Case Histories. 25. Introduction to the case histories. 26. Gram: Refrigerators; A.-M. Mose, H. Wenzel, M. Hauschild. 27. Bang & Olufsen: Televisions; R. Nedermark, M. Wesnæs, H. Wenzel. 28. KEW Industri: High pressure cleaners; A. Sand, A. Sørensen, N. Caspersen. 29. Grundfos: Pumps; N. Thorup, N. Caspersen, E. Rasmussen.30. Danfoss: Electro-hydraulic activation units; K. Stentoft, H. Erichsen, M. Hauschild. References. Glossary. Variables and parameters. Abbreviations. Units. Index.