Environmentally-Friendly Product Development Methods and Tools /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Abele, Eberhard (Editor), Anderl, Reiner (Editor), Birkhofer, Herbert (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2005.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Industrial design.; Engineering design.; Industrial engineering.; Production engineering.; Waste management.; Pollution prevention.; Engineering Design.; Industrial and Production Engineering.; Engineering, general.; Industrial Pollution Prevention.; Industrial Design.; Waste Management/Waste Technology.

Development of environmentally friendly products gains an increasing - portance in science and in industry. While product development was strongly dedicated to achieve quality, cost and time targets, environmental issues indirectly had always been under consideration by engineers, see Fig. 1. Furthe...