{"title":"Green design tool","authors":"B. Kassahun, M. Saminathan, J. Sekutowski","doi":"10.1109/ISEE.1995.514962","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISEE.1995.514962","url":null,"abstract":"Product design decisions have significant impact on the environment at all stages of the product life cycle. The designer can make significant contribution to the environmental impact of a product by including design for environment (DFE) criteria up-front in the design phase. The up-front incorporation of DFE criteria adds design rules and guidelines above and beyond the current design criteria. The interdisciplinary nature of DFE, and, at times, its contradictory criteria can make its implementation confusing and overwhelming, at least at the beginning. To help alleviate the confusion and facilitate the acceptance and eventual incorporation of DFE as part of product design criteria, both the product design and product management community need a friendly DFE tool. In this paper we put forth a framework for the development of a user-friendly, easy-to-use software tool that should help both managers and product and process designers evaluate the environmental compatibility of products and their associated manufacturing processes. Of particular interest to the authors is the manufacture of electronic components and assemblies which involve process intensive, semi-continuous, and repetitive wet chemical and physical operations that define circuit patterns on polymers, ceramic and silicon substrates and associated component assembly processes. In this paper we outline an environmental figure of merit for product and process designs that provides the designer the capability to assess the environmental compatibility of various product and process choices. A brief discussion of the PC-based tool, its architecture and a sample application in product and process design will be given.","PeriodicalId":338075,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 1995 IEEE International Symposium on Electronics and the Environment ISEE (Cat. No.95CH35718)","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126514032","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Recycling program for printer toner cartridges and optical photoconductors","authors":"Thomas Bade","doi":"10.1109/ISEE.1995.514980","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISEE.1995.514980","url":null,"abstract":"Customer environmental issues are becoming a significant factor in our overall recycling scheme. It is incumbent upon the corporation, as a major Information Systems supplier, to recognize that customers should be provided assistance with the disposition of old, obsolete or unwanted materials or products. Programs also need to be developed to provide for the recycling of various consumable product packaging materials. This paper is a discussion of these various issues and presents solutions which have been either developed or implemented, as well as a method to ensure that the programs accomplishes their goals in an effective and efficient manner.","PeriodicalId":338075,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 1995 IEEE International Symposium on Electronics and the Environment ISEE (Cat. No.95CH35718)","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124945942","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Fujimoto, T. Tamura, A. Maemura, T. Terasawa, Y. Terauchi
{"title":"A new era computer product focused on environmentally relevant factors","authors":"J. Fujimoto, T. Tamura, A. Maemura, T. Terasawa, Y. Terauchi","doi":"10.1109/ISEE.1995.514967","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISEE.1995.514967","url":null,"abstract":"A new era computer product has been studied from an environmental viewpoint. A \"teardown\" exercise was carried out in order to provide knowledge about environmentally conscious products (ECP) for the future, ECP concepts were proposed in a \"Studio Mobius\" project. These concepts, focused on \"longevity of usage\", provide generic rules for developing computer products in the planning phase. An \"Evolution\" computer has been manufactured as an experiment. This computer enables customers to built their own systems by stacking the modules they need.","PeriodicalId":338075,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 1995 IEEE International Symposium on Electronics and the Environment ISEE (Cat. No.95CH35718)","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126784693","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Acquisition of environmentally preferable products and services","authors":"Eun-Sook Goidel, J. Shoaff","doi":"10.1109/ISEE.1995.514987","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISEE.1995.514987","url":null,"abstract":"The paper presents a brief narrative of EPA's approach in responding to the \"environmentally preferable products\" provisions of section 503 of Executive Order 12873. It discusses the development of a guidance for the acquisition of environmentally preferable products which recommends general principles to consider when determining environmental preferability as well as proposes implementation through product-specific pilot acquisitions. A pilot involving the federal procurement of computers is planned. The approach taken, current status and next steps for this pilot are detailed.","PeriodicalId":338075,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 1995 IEEE International Symposium on Electronics and the Environment ISEE (Cat. No.95CH35718)","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127899974","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Do firms benefit from electing a voluntary approach to environmental compliance?","authors":"C. Darling","doi":"10.1109/ISEE.1995.514944","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISEE.1995.514944","url":null,"abstract":"How will the earth's resources support the rapid population growth and the economic demands of the future, given each of their growth rates? There is a serious concern for sustainability. Consequently, governments have been approaching business to decrease their demands on the environment, and some businesses are responding by taking the initiative to adopt voluntary environmental performance improvement activities. However, it would not be accurate to suggest that participation is based on a genuine concern for the environment alone. Altruistic rationale cannot explain the degree of participation, or provide justification for the financial ramifications of participation. Firms are choosing voluntary compliance because there exists a good solid business case for doing so.","PeriodicalId":338075,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 1995 IEEE International Symposium on Electronics and the Environment ISEE (Cat. No.95CH35718)","volume":"120 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116893554","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reworkable encapsulation","authors":"S. Buchwalter, J. Gelorme","doi":"10.1109/ISEE.1995.514954","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISEE.1995.514954","url":null,"abstract":"Epoxy thermosetting plastics continue to be a mainstay for electronic packaging, because of their ability to provide high reliability at low cost, One negative associated with the use of epoxy thermosets is their intractability after curing, which prevents their removal for rework or recycling of microelectronic assemblies. As a solution to this problem, we report on the development of a new functional equivalent, thermosetting epoxy which is easily removed.","PeriodicalId":338075,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 1995 IEEE International Symposium on Electronics and the Environment ISEE (Cat. No.95CH35718)","volume":"42 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131575413","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An integrated approach to MOS-gated power semiconductor manufacturing based on cleaner production technologies for waste minimization by design","authors":"S. Anderson, F. Balkau, C. Gurkok","doi":"10.1109/ISEE.1995.514984","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISEE.1995.514984","url":null,"abstract":"MOS-gated power semiconductors are enabling technologies for \"efficient end-use\" power conversion systems. The use of these technologies for energy savings offers an environmental benefit of reduction in carbon dioxide emissions if the primary energy source is fossil fuel based. The manufacturing of these technologies using clean production processes by design is discussed.","PeriodicalId":338075,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 1995 IEEE International Symposium on Electronics and the Environment ISEE (Cat. No.95CH35718)","volume":"47 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121337332","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Life cycle assessment and end-of-life management","authors":"J. Besnainou, S. Goybet","doi":"10.1109/ISEE.1995.514996","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISEE.1995.514996","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this paper is to provide an example of a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) project in the waste management field that raised surprising issues on otherwise unchallenged waste management practices.","PeriodicalId":338075,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 1995 IEEE International Symposium on Electronics and the Environment ISEE (Cat. No.95CH35718)","volume":"876 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124123521","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"International environmental management systems: challenges and opportunities","authors":"E. Quevedo","doi":"10.1109/ISEE.1995.514946","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISEE.1995.514946","url":null,"abstract":"This paper will examine the failure of the material compliance model of environmental health and safety (EH&S), define the drivers which compel adoption of a new model, and survey the environmental management systems (EMS) which have emerged to meet the demand for a new model. I will argue that current conditions create inexorable pressure to move beyond mere compliance into the realm of what I will call EH&S Performance. I will further argue that the most effective way to transition from compliance to performance is by implementing a world class EMS.","PeriodicalId":338075,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 1995 IEEE International Symposium on Electronics and the Environment ISEE (Cat. No.95CH35718)","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134061275","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}