期刊
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE ENGINEERING
卷 11, 期 2, 页码 79-96出版社
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/19397038.2018.1439121
关键词
Eco-design methodology; eco-design software platform; product environmental sustainability; interoperability evaluation
资金
- European Community's 7th Framework Programme within the G.EN.ESI project [NMP.2011.3.1-1-280371]
The paper aims to explore the implementation of an eco-design methodology and the related software platform (G.EN. ESI - Green ENgineering dESIgn) within technical departments of a manufacturing firm. The G.EN. ESI eco-design methodology is based on the life cycle thinking concept and the software platform is conceived as a set of inter-operable software tools able to efficiently exchange data among them and with the traditional design systems (i.e. CAD, PDM and PLM). A multinational company, designing and producing household appliances, adopted the proposed methodology and related software platform for redesigning two cooker hood models with the aim to improve their environmental performances. Design and engineering departments evaluated the methodology and platform impact on the product development process, as well as the platform inter-operability with traditional design tools. The results indicate that methodology and software platform satisfy the requirements of the enterprise in terms of: (i) degree of expertise and training requirement on this subject, (ii) low impact in a consolidated design process and, (ii) good level of inter-operability among heterogeneous tools. However, the testing results highlight the necessity of a further platform optimisations in terms of software integration (single workbench made by integrated software tools with the same graphical user interface).
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