LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT AND SIMULATION: ENABLERS OF SUSTAINABLE PRODUCT DESIGN

Gopinath Rathod, Rohan, V.S. Puranik

Abstract: Increasing global population contributes to the depletion of renewable and non-renewable resources. Designing an environmental friendly product is an important factor in this present developing environment. A product undergo various environmental impact starting from consumption of resources until its final disposal, to evaluate such environmental impact a methodology can be used known as Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). LCA has become a well known tool to provide information in respect to environmental performance for making decisions. One more method is concerned with LCA, Monte-Carlo Simulation. The capability of the product reusability can be obtained by the use of simulation and the results obtained from it. One of the case study for this perspective is carried for an organization which deals with the rotary switch.

Keywords: Green Manufacturing; Life cycle assessment; Monte Carlo Simulation; Environmental friendly product design.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2014.0315161