Methodical Design Support for Life Cycle Assessment-Design

Abstract

Decision support is needed within design processes in order to take into account all the aspects of life cycle assessments (LCA). In order to develop appropriate tools for decision support in design processes, it is necessary to found them on an understanding of design. The framework of methodical design as developed at the University of Twente is extended to integrate the specific LCA aspects. The design process is being described in terms of several major phases, levels of abstraction and connected levels of modeling centered on layered design representations.

• This paper was presented at the ECOS'00 Conference in Enschede, July 5-7, 2000 

Keywords

• life cycle assessments, methodical design