Simultaneous Evaluations of Material Toxicity and Ease of Disassembly during Electronics Design Integrating Environmental Assessments with Commercial Computer-Aided Design Software

摘要

Design for environment (DfE) has become an important strategy for sustainable development. However, tools used for designing and tools used to conduct environmental evaluations are currently independent, and therefore the data these tools rely on are not easily communicated and integrated. In this research, we have developed a new software tool (EcoCAD) to provide support for DfE. The primary aim is to enable designers to spend less time on complicated environmental evaluations and independently and quickly develop products that have improved material toxicity and ease-of-disassembly characteristics.