Integrated Product Development and Sustainability Flashcards
1
Q
What are the three business need categories?
A
Market, design and production
2
Q
Define sustainability in a technical systems/engineering design context.
A
Ability to maintain something with respect to some sustainability performance criteria.
3
Q
What does the S cycle describe?
A
The fundamental aspects of behaviour affecting sustainability in a system transforming materials/energy.
4
Q
Give an example of where the S cycle can be utilised.
A
In a steam turbine system
5
Q
Give examples of some sustainability performance evaluation methods.
A
- Embodied energy analysis
- Energy accounting
- Footprinting
- Material flow analysis
- Life cycle assessment
