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Assisting decision making in component design for sustainable manufacturing

Creator:: Eastlick, Dane D.
Abstract:: Current life cycle assessment tools are often deficient in assisting design for sustainable manufacturing efforts. Integrating an improved assessment method into a decision support framework will provide a means for designers and engineers to better understand the impacts of their decisions. A unit process modeling-based sustainability assessment method is presented...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: during the product life cycle. Since product design dictates the manufacturing process, decisions made

Light-frame versus timber frame : a study in quantifying the differences

Creator:: Malone, Brian P.
Abstract:: The objective of this study was to compare light wood framing and traditional timber framing quantitatively through environmental impact assessment and load path analysis. This research was inspired by a traditional timber frame structure constructed in Vermont in 2011, and the design of structures considered within reflect the general characteristics...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Impact Estimator for Buildings software, following the standard methodology of life cycle assessment

Modeling innovativeness in consumer products with the influence of environmental sustainability

Creator:: Gilchrist, Brady
Abstract:: This thesis is the result of two research publications, which together form a framework for the evaluation of product innovativeness with potential future applications to early design. Innovation is a challenging concept to quantify. Experts seemingly have a grasp of what innovation is when they see it, however this evaluation...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: the entire life cycle of the product. Life cycle assessment is necessary to prove that all criteria

Life cycle assessment of algal biofuels

Creator:: Kirby, Bryan L.
Abstract:: This thesis consists of three studies to better understand the environmental sustainability potential for algal-based biofuels. Initially, a comparison of recent life cycle assessments (LCA) of theoretical full-scale algal biofuel facilities was developed. These studies include varying boundaries and scope, functional units, and technology maturity assumptions. The comparison converted results...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: materials and energy and the associated environmental impacts in the product life cycle (Guinee and

Alternative design considerations for a wave energy converter : a sustainability approach

Creator:: Collins, Erin
Abstract:: As the negative impacts of a fossil fueled electricity market are becoming more prevalent and destructive, the necessity for alternative energy techniques increases as well. However, before commercial implementation is underway, these alternatives must be assessed from three important perspectives: environmentally, economically, and socially, which are known as the three...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: an environmental life cycle assessment (LCA), which analyzes a product, system, or industrial

Investigation of the environmental impact of wind energy and supplemental energy systems using a life cycle approach

Creator:: Prempreeda, Preedanood
Abstract:: Wind energy is a promising alternative energy source due to its environmental, economic, and social benefits and, as such, has garnered public support and government incentives for its development and implementation. With the growing number of wind parks in Oregon, a life cycle assessment (LCA) study for a representative new...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ]. 8 Figure 2.1 Life cycle assessment processes [10] Overall, LCA is a complex evaluation method

Life cycle assessment : environmental modeling of plywood and laminated veneer lumber manufacturing

Creator:: Ferrari, Charles J.
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: and the potential environmental impacts of a product system throughout its life cycle (ISO 14040

Process-based modeling for cradle-to-gate energy and carbon footprint reduction in product design

Creator:: Alsaffar, Ahmed J.
Abstract:: Interest in accounting for environmental impacts of products, processes, and systems during the design phase is increasing. Numerous studies have undertaken investigations for reducing environmental impacts across the product life cycle. Efforts have also been launched to quantify such impacts more accurately. Life cycle energy consumption and carbon footprint are...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: product life cycle. Efforts have also been launched to quantify such impacts more accurately. Life cycle

Life-cycle inventory of plywood manufacturing in the Pacific Northwest and the Southeast United States

Creator:: Sakimoto, Eric T.
Abstract:: Softwood plywood is one of the structural wood products studied in the CORRIM II effort to document the environmental performance of wood product in residential structures. Life-cycle inventory (LCI) models were developed to provide performance data for plywood production by tracking all of its inputs and outputs in a gate-to-gate...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: environmental performance of wood product in residential structures. Life-cycle inventory (LCI) models were

A methodology to reduce the strain on hydro turbines using advanced life extending control of multiple energy storage systems

Creator:: Brosig, Sean G.
Abstract:: Over the last 20 years, there has been rapid growth in the amount of installed wind power in the Pacific Northwest, specifically in the Columbia River Gorge. The variable and non-dispatchable nature of this resource requires that it be balanced in some form by other sources on the grid. In...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Advanced Life Extending Control of Multiple Energy Storage Systems

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Assisting decision making in component design for sustainable manufacturing

Light-frame versus timber frame : a study in quantifying the differences

Modeling innovativeness in consumer products with the influence of environmental sustainability

Life cycle assessment of algal biofuels

Alternative design considerations for a wave energy converter : a sustainability approach

Investigation of the environmental impact of wind energy and supplemental energy systems using a life cycle approach

Life cycle assessment : environmental modeling of plywood and laminated veneer lumber manufacturing

Process-based modeling for cradle-to-gate energy and carbon footprint reduction in product design

Life-cycle inventory of plywood manufacturing in the Pacific Northwest and the Southeast United States

A methodology to reduce the strain on hydro turbines using advanced life extending control of multiple energy storage systems

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