A METHOD TO EVALUATE THE LIFE CYCLE SUSTAINABILITY VALUE OF ALTERNATIVE SOLUTION DESIGNS

Elif OCAKCI, Jörg NIEMANN, George DRAGHICI

Abstract


The paper focuses on developing an integrative methodology to evaluate environmental, economic, and social sustainability of alternative solution design options. Core approach is to extend the classic method of Quality Function Deployment (QFD) towards a holistic integrated model to overall evaluate the different aspects of all three pillars of sustainability (economy, ecology and social) across the product life cycle. The methods identify key aspects and allow users to consider and weigh different life cycle aspects in a overall scoring scheme.

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