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Design for Environment (DfE) is a general concept that refers to a variety of design approaches that attempt to reduce the overall environmental impact of a product, process or service, where environmental impacts are considered across its life cycle. There are three main concepts that fall under the Design for Environment umbrella: [1]
Life cycle assessment (LCA) is employed to forecast the impacts of different (production) alternatives of the product in question, thus being able to choose the environmentally most friendly. A life cycle analysis can serve as a very effective tool when determining the environmental impact of a product or process. Proper LCAs can help a designer compare several different products according to several categories, such as energy, toxicity, acidification, [Carbon dioxide|CO2 emissions], ozone depletion, resource depletion, and many others. By comparing different products, a designer can make decisions about which environmental hazard he/she should focus on in order to make the product more environmentally friendly.[2] Different software tools have been developed to assist designers in finding optimized products (or processes/services). Design for Environment includes several subsidiary approaches, such as Design for Disassembly (to facilitate recycling) and source reduction.
[edit] Design for the Environment ProgramDesign for the Environment is a United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) program that works to prevent pollution, and the risk pollution presents to humans and the environment.[3] The EPA DfE program provides information regarding safer electronics, safer flame retardants, safer chemical formulations, as well as best environmental processes.[4] [edit] See also[edit] References
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