2.6 Eco-Design Flashcards

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What is eco-design?

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a more comprehensive approach than green design as it focuses on all three environmental categories - material, energy, pollution and waste, at once, making it more complex

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What is the timescale to implement eco-design?

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Often focuses on radical changes at a long timescale

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What is a cradle-to-cradle design?

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An approach to design that aims to eliminate waste and where products are meant to be made again

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What is a cradle-to-grave design?

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An approach to design that considers the environmental effects of a product all of the way from manufacture to disposal

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What is a life cycle analysis (LCA)

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a tool used to assess the environmental impact of a design

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What stages of a product’s life does the LCA analyze?

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Preproduction
Production
Distribution
Utilization
Disposal

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What are the environmental considerations of the LCA?

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Pollution
Contamination
Consumption of natural resources/ energy

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