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AuthorYu, Xi
AuthorSekhari, Aicha
AuthorNongaillard, Antoine
AuthorBouras, Abdelaziz
AuthorYu, Suiran
Available date2016-09-21T08:12:11Z
Publication Date2014-03
Publication NameMathematical Problems in Engineering
ResourceScopus
CitationXi Yu, Aicha Sekhari, Antoine Nongaillard, Abdelaziz Bouras, and Suiran Yu, "A Sensitivity Analysis Approach to Identify Key Environmental Performance Factors," Mathematical Problems in Engineering, vol. 2014, Article ID 918795, 9 pages, 2014.
ISSN1024-123X
URIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/918795
URIhttp://hdl.handle.net/10576/4732
AbstractLife cycle assessment (LCA) is widely used in design phase to reduce the product's environmental impacts through the whole product life cycle (PLC) during the last two decades. The traditional LCA is restricted to assessing the environmental impacts of a product and the results cannot reflect the effects of changes within the life cycle. In order to improve the quality of ecodesign, it is a growing need to develop an approach which can reflect the changes between the design parameters and product's environmental impacts. A sensitivity analysis approach based on LCA and ecodesign is proposed in this paper. The key environmental performance factors which have significant influence on the products' environmental impacts can be identified by analyzing the relationship between environmental impacts and the design parameters. Users without much environmental knowledge can use this approach to determine which design parameter should be first considered when (re)designing a product. A printed circuit board (PCB) case study is conducted; eight design parameters are chosen to be analyzed by our approach. The result shows that the carbon dioxide emission during the PCB manufacture is highly sensitive to the area of PCB panel.
SponsorEuropean Commission Project (EMA2-2010-2359) and Hubert Curien Partnership with Cai Yuanpei China program 2012-2014
Languageen
PublisherHindawi Publishing Corporation
SubjectCarbon dioxide
Environmental management
Global warming
Life cycle
Organic pollutants
Printed circuit manufacture
Product design
Sensitivity analysis
Carbon dioxide emissions
Design parameters
Design phase
Environmental knowledge
Environmental performance
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
Printed circuit boards (PCB)
Whole product life
TitleA sensitivity analysis approach to identify key environmental performance factors
TypeArticle
Volume Number2014


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