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Volumetric Methodology for the Determination of CO2 Emissions and Energy Requirements for the Production of Products at the Early Stage of Product Design

SOVJÁK, R.

Original Title

Volumetric Methodology for the Determination of CO2 Emissions and Energy Requirements for the Production of Products at the Early Stage of Product Design

Type

conference paper

Language

English

Original Abstract

This article focuses on determining the emissions of kg CO2 eq. and energy requirements for the production of electric hand tools during the early product design phase. While choosing the material in the designing process, the designer does not consider the environmental effect of the materials used, nor their responsibility for the consequent negative impact on the environment. By choosing and shaping materials, the industrial designer determines the nature and intensity of environmental pollution caused by the designed products. Ecodesign requirements are enshrined in the Kyoto/Paris Protocol on EU Directives 2009/125/EC, 2006/121/EC and ISO 14006 and ISO 14040. Important methods of determining pollution of not only kg CO2 eq. is the use of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) tools and the Oil Point Method (OPM) methodology. LCA-based tools provide a great amount of data about the birth, operation and recycling of individual materials, but also about their dependent technological processes. Nowadays not only the meaningful handling of raw materials is required but also their re-inclusion into raw materials for their further use. The proposed methodology uses openLCA software and OPM methodology to determine and predict energy savings for the production of products as well as emissions of kg CO2 eq. according to the materials used, the volume proportions and the nature of the product, all that during the designing process. Environmental pollution - more accurately the amount of kg released CO2 eq. generated within the life cycle of a product depends on the volume and nature of the product, based on the principle of maintaining the functionality and proportionality of the product's internal configuration. The new methodology would provide an effective ecodesign tool without the necessity of knowledge of complex mechanisms and very costly LCA programs in industrial design.

Keywords

ecodesign, volumetric methodology, design, energy requirements, CO2 emissions

Authors

SOVJÁK, R.

Released

17. 7. 2018

Publisher

SAIMA CONSULT LTD

Location

Beliya Kladenets Str., 1616 Sofia, Bulgaria

ISBN

978-619-7495-01-0

Book

NORDSCI Conference on Social Sciences

Edition

Book 2

Edition number

Volume 1

Pages from

105

Pages to

119

Pages count

506

BibTex

@inproceedings{BUT149905,
  author="Richard {Sovják}",
  title="Volumetric Methodology for the Determination of CO2 Emissions and Energy Requirements for the Production of Products at the Early Stage of Product Design",
  booktitle="NORDSCI Conference on Social Sciences",
  year="2018",
  series="Book 2",
  number="Volume 1",
  pages="105--119",
  publisher="SAIMA CONSULT LTD",
  address="Beliya Kladenets Str., 1616 Sofia, Bulgaria",
  doi="10.32008/NORDSCI2018/B2/V1/12",
  isbn="978-619-7495-01-0"
}