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A Systematic Framework for Environmentally Conscious DesignEnvironmentally Conscious Design (ECD): Using Fuzzy House of QualityQuality and Analytical Hierarchical Process Techniques

In: Handbook of Environmentally Conscious Manufacturing

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  • Michael H. Wang

    (University of Windsor)

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In this chapter, a systematic framework for environmentally conscious design purposes is outlined. It focuses on ensuring better environmental performance by means of selecting environmentally friendly design alternatives. Since the environmental performance of a product relies on varied issues including natural resource consumption, manufacturing and distribution efficiency, and end-of-life management, designers have to face complicated trade-offs during the processes of product design. Our framework contains two parts for dealing with the complicated trade-offs. These two parts are (1) the individual assessment for each life cycle stage and (2) the overall assessment for the entire product life cycle. The individual assessment tool incorporates house of quality (HOQ) with fuzzy set theory and analytic hierarchy process (AHP), and is used in analyzing the interrelations between environmentally conscious requirements and product design criteria. The overall assessment method is based upon the concept of product life cycle design, which involves a four-step analysis so that the comprehensive environmental effects can be captured at the up-front design stage.

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  • Michael H. Wang, 2022. "A Systematic Framework for Environmentally Conscious DesignEnvironmentally Conscious Design (ECD): Using Fuzzy House of QualityQuality and Analytical Hierarchical Process Techniques," Springer Books, in: Christian N. Madu (ed.), Handbook of Environmentally Conscious Manufacturing, edition 2, chapter 10, pages 113-126, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-030-75834-9_10
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-75834-9_10
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