INOUE Masato    Department   Undergraduate School  , School of Science and Technology    Position   Professor
Language	English
Publication Date	2012/11
Type	Book Chapter Paper
Peer Review	Peer reviewed
Title	Approaches for Sustainability Assessment in the Conceptual Design Phase
Contribution Type	Co-authored (other than first author)
Journal	Sustainable Product Development
Publisher	Springer-Verlag London, UK
Volume, Issue, Page	pp.377-387
Author and coauthor	Kai Lindow, Robert Woll, Masato Inoue, Haruo Ishikawa and Rainer Stark
Details	This paper presents two different approaches to support the development of sustainable products. One approach is management-oriented. A sustainability dashboard has been developed to visualize the impact of different design alternatives on sustainability dimensions as well as the technical performance. The second approach directly assists the designer to narrow the design solution space when taking sustainability demands and technical performances into consideration. Both approaches are demonstrated on the example of a technical product. The paper concludes with a critical evaluation and a comparison of the two approaches.
ISBN	978-1-4471-4506-6