… As long as we do not manage to design our products so as to minimise the consumption of
resources and limit the damage potentials created in the transformation process from the very …

… The principle of closed-loop material cycle (CLMC) construction can be … cycle (CLC) materials
is formulated, drawing on existing research and guidance on natural recovery and design …

… Life-cycle design seeks to maximize the life-cycle value of a product at the early stages of
design… We also discuss the concept of material life-cycle analysis (MLCA) which forms the most …

… and transformation of material and energy resources, and their design optimisation to the …
to minimise material and energy inputs, and emission outputs throughout the whole life cycle of …

… knowledge of the material to be used. The great difficulty for this decision-making is the
lack of tools that integrate the designed material useful life with several recycling cycles. …

… initiatives along with increased technological development in the recycling industry will
bring about closed anthropogenetic material flows, where we reutilize natural resources again …

… material selection criteria for life cycle design in Section 11. We review the literature for material
selection criteria for life cycle design … In the fourth model, material cycles are tracked for …

… ignore environmental impacts from certain life cycle stages, certain material/energy flows,
or … during the early design phase (26), uncertainties about the early design embodiments (ie, …

… design aimed at harmonising the performance characteristics and eco-compatibility of products
in line with the Life-Cycle Design … the product's entire life-cycle. The proposed selection …

… Tangible environmental degradation underlies the growing interest in sustainable
development and life cycle design. The material demands of our current society inevitably cause …