Vepa: An Exploration towards sustainability and the development of an eco-efficient office storage unit

Vepa: An Exploration towards sustainability and the development of an eco-efficient office storage unit

Lans, D.

Brezet, J.C. (mentor)
Geer, S.G. (mentor)
Menzo, W. (mentor)

Industrial Design Engineering

Design Engineering

Master of Science Integrated Product Design

2011-02-18

Through the use of eco-label guidelines, eco-design guidelines, and LCA-based environmental impact and sustainability indicators like Eco-costs, the Eco-cost to Value Ratio (EVR) and ReCiPe points, a boundary and baseline for new product development can be set to which an improvement can be measured. In addition to this the LCA based indicators are used to help in the development of the new product. Throughout the design phase multiple “Streamlined” LCA’s are executed to support decision making steps in terms of environmental impact. As shown in the report, it is possible to develop an environmentally friendlier particleboard-based office storage unit using current technologies. Minimal adaptation is needed. Changing the product structure and using the materials, by far the most influential environmental impact factor, more efficiently can result in a significant improvement. Improvemtent in Eco-costs and ReCiPe pts. of 20% are achievable. Carbon Footprint and Cumulatative Energy Demand are lowered even further due to the proportion of energy intensive material which is used.

eco-efficient
LCA
Eco-costs
EVR

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2012-02-18

Campus only

Student theses

master thesis

(c) 2011 Lans, D.