International Journal of Manufacturing Engineering, Vol 215 Part B, 2001, p.637-645.
Design of environmentally friendly products using indicators
Torben Lenau, Niki Bey

Abstract:
The paper describes the requirements of product designers concerning methods for environmental evaluation; it argues that indicators can be used for rough environmental evaluations and it presents experiences made with the indicator-based Oil Point Method (OPM). This method is illustrated by means of three examples, a vacuum cleaner, two sweaters and a passenger car. The quality of the results is compared with two other methods for environmental evaluation. Keywords: Design for Environment (DFE), environmental evaluation, product design, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Oil Point Method (OPM), materials and process selection

Keywords:
Design for Environment (DFE), environmental evaluation, product design, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Oil Point Method (OPM), materials and process selection