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    Product System Life Cycle

    Okala Practitioner Chapter 1


    Product System
    Life Cycle

    Designers need to understand that
    environmental impacts can occur
    thorughout the life cycle of a product.
    By including all of the stages in the
    assessment of a product, designers
    ensure a comprehensive and accurate
    assessment of the products poten;al
    impacts.
    Phases in a products life cycle

    Raw material extrac-on Wood from forest, oil from well, metal ore from mine, etc.
    Material processing Wood to paper, oil to plas;c, ores to metal alloys, etc.

    Component manufacturing Paper printed, plas;c molded, alloys into circuitry, etc.
    Assembly & packaging Product is assembled and packaged with documenta;on.
    Distribu-on & purchase Product is distributed and purchased.

    Installa-on & use Energy and addi;onal materials may be used.

    Maintenance & upgrading Product cleaned, parts replaced or upgraded.

    Transport (among all phases) Via train, truck, car, automobile, sea vessel or airplane.
    Reuse, recycling or compos-ng Product or component reuse or material recycling.
    Incinera-on or landlling Product or components are burned or buried in landll.
    Phases in a products life cycle


    Every phase in the lifecycle
    can require energy and
    addi-onal material
    inputs, as well as give
    emissions to air,
    water or soil.

    Addi-onally, the
    components or the
    product may be
    transported between
    phases or within each phase.

    Example:
    What are the phases
    in the life cycle of a
    glass cup?
    Material Extrac-on
    Mining sand and
    lime from the
    Earth.
    Materials
    Processing

    Cleaning raw
    materials and
    processing them
    into glass.
    Component
    Manufacturing

    The material is
    formed into a
    drinking glass.
    Assembly and Packaging
    Boxing the drinking
    glass .
    Distribu-on and
    Purchase

    Distribu;ng and
    purchasing the
    glass.
    Installa-on
    and use

    People drink
    from the glass.
    Maintenance and
    upgrade

    Washing and
    reusing the glass
    many ;mes.
    End-of-Life
    Returning the
    glass for material
    recycling.
    Discussion:
    What are the phases
    in the life cycle of a
    French fry?
    What are the phases
    in the life cycle of an
    ink cartridge?
    Assume that the cartridge
    is made from plas;c,
    ;n circuitry and ink.
    Discussion:
    Why should we or
    should we not model all
    of the phases in the life
    cycle of a product?
    Okala Practitioner
    Integrating Ecological Design

    This presenta;on is part of an educa;onal The Okala Team ini;ated the collabora;on
    presenta;on series that supports teaching with the US EPA and the Industrial Designers
    from the Okala Prac))oner guide. Society of America (IDSA) in 2003. The team

    developed Okala Prac;;oner with support
    Okala Prac))oner and these presenta;ons
    from Autodesk, IBM, Eastman Chemical and
    were created by the Okala Team to
    the IDSA Ecodesign Sec;on.
    disseminate fact-based knowledge about
    ecological design to the design disciplines Okala Prac))oner is available through
    and business. amazon.com.


    Unless provided in the presenta;ons, Informa;on
    More informa;on and the free Okala
    sources are found in the Okala Prac))oner guide.
    Ecodesign Strategy App are found at
    The Okala Team: Okala.net.

    Philip White IDSA Associate Professor, Arizona State University Copyright 2014, Okala presenta;ons are free
    Louise St. Pierre Associate Professor, Emily Carr University of Art + Design for educa;onal uses, but fully protected from
    unlicensed commercial reproduc;on or use.
    Steve Belle;re IDSA Professor, Southern Illinois University Carbondale Okala is a registered trademark of the Okala Team

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