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LIFE CYCLE DESIGN FRAMEWORK AND DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS PROFILES OF AT&T AND ALLIED SIGNAL
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Keoleian, G., J. Loch, D. Menerey, AND M. Curran. LIFE CYCLE DESIGN FRAMEWORK AND DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS PROFILES OF AT&T AND ALLIED SIGNAL. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/R-95/107 (NTIS PB95268033), 1995.
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Life cycle design seeks to minimize the environmental burden associated with a product life cycle from raw materials acquisition through manufacturing, use, and end-of-life management. ife cycle design emphasizes integrating environmental requirements into the earliest phases of design and successfully balancing these requirements with all other necessary performance, cost, cultural, and legal criteria. wo demonstration projects with industry were conducted to test, evaluate, and refine the life cycle design framework presented in the Life Cycle Design Guidance Manual (EPA 600/R-92/226), the predecessor to this report. oth AT&T Bell Labs and Allied Signal, Filters and Spark Plugs, applied this framework to the development of cleaner products. T&T focused on achieving greater material and energy efficiency, improving recyclability, and using and releasing fewer toxic constituents in their design of a business telephone terminal. llied Signal developed design criteria to guide the improvement of future engine oil filters. ajor accomplishments and difficulties in implementing life cycle design are highlighted for each project.
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