This investigation strives to determine the level of ecodesign awareness as well as to map the use of methods and tools for this concept in the electrical and electronics industries of Thailand. The foundation of the thesis is eight semi-structured qualitative research interviews performed with various people at Thai organisations, an electronics manufacturer in Thailand, and experts from Swedish, Danish and Thai universities. The research method has yielded the following results: The level of ecodesign awareness within the country is low, and so is the general level of environmental knowledge. The concept of Life Cycle thinking is mostly unknown, and at best used only to parts of its full potential. The ecodesign education is limited to basic courses at university level and much of the problems with the use of methods and tools for ecodesign can be traced to the lack of ecodesign knowledge amongst its presumptive users. Respondents of this research suggests that the ecodesign knowledge and awareness is significantly higher amongst larger companies with foreign connections than it is amongst Small and Medium sized Enterprises of Thailand, which often have no such contacts. At present, efforts are being made to educate Thai companies in ecodesign through networking, seminars, workshops and student/expert internships. These endeavours have been arranged by various organizations with the aid from foreign experts and have resulted in successful ecodesign/redesign of products within Thailand. Stakeholder demands such as cost-down or legislation compliance demands are the main driving forces for ecodesign in Thailand, and very few attempts at ecodesign for the pure benefit of the environment are being made. Present trends suggest that the future of ecodesign in Thailand will include the finalisation of a Thai-RoHS directive and possibly further work on a Thai-WEEE directive as well. As for Life Cycle thinking, practices of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) are still basic, but some uses of such LCA tools as SimaPro and GaBi have been proven. Commercial LCA software licenses are considered expensive by most Thai companies and it has become common practice to utilize licenses bought by organisations instead of buying licenses for one’s own company. This results in high costs having to be carried by the organisations and diminishes investment possibilities in other ecodesign fields. At current, LCI data is being requested by companies and might lead to more work being made in this area in the future. In conclusion, more effort needs to be put into education on all levels and the application of educational methods and tools is advised.

Des outils adaptés pour s’attaquer aux problématiques environnementales sont nécessaires mais malheureusement absents de l’industrie. En effet, l’introduction de nouvelles pratiques d’écoconception dans l’industrie des procédés est entravée par le manque de réalisme et de flexibilité des outils associés. Les objectifs principaux de ce travail de recherche étaient le développement d’un outil intégré pour la modélisation de procédés et l’analyse de cycle de vie (PM-LCA), ainsi que la formulation d’une approche méthodologique affiliée pour l’écoconception de procédés. L’outil logiciel et l’approche méthodologique sont appliqués à la production d’eau potable.La revue de la littérature scientifique a permis d’appréhender les efforts de recherche nécessaires. Les principales lignes directrices sont établies en conséquence.L’outil développé, nommé EVALEAU, consiste en une bibliothèque logicielle de modèles de procédés unitaires permettant le calcul d’inventaire de données en fonction de paramètres de procédés. L’outil est embarqué dans le logiciel ACV Umberto® en complément de la base de données Ecoinvent. Uneboîte à outils pour l’analyse de sensibilité, basée sur la méthode de Morris, est implémentée pour l’identification des paramètres de procédés ayant une influence majeure sur les résultats d’impacts environnementaux.L’outil EVALEAU est testé sur deux études de cas - deux usines de production d’eau potable existantes. La fiabilité de l’approche est démontrée à travers la comparaison des calculs de qualité de l’eau, de consommations d’énergie et de matériaux avec les données réelles recueillies sur site. Une procédure d’écoconception est expérimentée sur une chaîne de traitement complexe démontrant ainsi la pertinence des résultats de simulations et l’utilité de l’analyse de sensibilité pour un choix optimal des paramètres opératoires. En conséquence, ce premier outil PM-LCA est censé promouvoir l’introduction de pratiques d’écoconception dans l’industrie de l’eau / Adapted tools for tackling environmental issues are necessary but they are still missing in industry. Indeed, the introduction of ecodesign practices in the process industry is hindered by the lack of realism and flexibility of related tools.The main objectives of this research work were the development of a fully integrated tool for Process Modelling & Life Cycle Assessment (PM-LCA), and the formulation of an affiliated methodological approach for process ecodesign. The software tool and the methodological approach are meant to be applied to water treatment technologies.The literature review leads to a better comprehension of the required research efforts. The main guidelines for the development of the software tool are stated accordingly.The developed tool, named EVALEAU, consists in a library of unit process models allowing life cycleinventory calculation in function of process parameters. The tool is embedded in Umberto® LCA software and is complementary to Ecoinvent database. A sensitivity analysis toolbox, based on theMorris method, was included for the identification of the process parameters mainly affecting the lifecycle impact assessment results.EVALEAU tool was tested through two case studies - two existing drinking water plants. There liability of the modelling approach was demonstrated through water quality simulation, energy and materials inventory simulation, compared with site real data. An ecodesign procedure was experienced on a complex water treatment chain, demonstrating the relevance of simulation results and the usefulness of sensitivity analysis for an optimal choice of operation parameters.This first developed PM-LCA tool is dedicated to foster the introduction of ecodesign practices in the water industry

The Swedish company Kockums AB, at the forefront within maritime and naval technology, is in need of a tool, document, and/or method to include environmental aspects in their product development process. This is mainly because of additional requirements put on Kockums AB from their main customer. Ship recycling is the major issue that has to be addressed and included in Kockums AB’sworking procedures. Moreover, ship recycling is a pressing issue to handle due to horrible conditions in South Asian countries, where most ship dismantling is taking place. For these reasons, the objective of this M.Sc. thesis was to integrate environmental aspects in the product development process at Kockums AB by designing and proposing a way of implementing a tool, document, and/or method. Environmental product requirements that Kockums AB is demanded to fulfill mainly derives from customers, classification societies, laws and legislations, and themselves. The Hong Kong Convention has been adapted, in 2009, but is yet to enter into force. Ship recycling is covered by the convention,and an ‘Inventory of Hazardous Materials’ has to be provided from the ship builder, and hence this is the main aspect for Kockums AB to consider. Naval ships are, however, excluded from the Hong Kong Convention. Kockums AB does not have a routine on how to handle environmental requirements nor are environmental aspects included in their product development process. Consequently, Kockums AB’senvironmental ambition should not be put too high and rather aim at follow laws. In an empiricalstudy, regarding environmental aspects at Kockums AB, difficulties were identified. Lack of environmental knowledge, communication problems, and misunderstandings regarding the ambiguous term environment showed to be most notable. The three most prominent success factors for asuccessful integration of ecodesign, from the conducted literature review and empirical findings, are education for employees, existence of an environmental champion, and top management support. A Long-term Environmental Action Plan (LEAP), which took the success factors into account and contains 18 Actions, was developed for Kockums AB, and is the ultimate result of this research. The LEAP was developed in accordance with ISO 14006, a new standard for incorporation of ecodesign in Environmental Management Systems, with the aim of reducing adverse environmental impactsthroughout a product’s lifecycle. Moreover, the proposed way of implementing the LEAP was based on a ”Plan, Do, Check, Act” methodology from Product-Oriented Environmental Management Systems (POEMS). POEMS focus on a product’s environmental efficiency throughout its lifecycle, by a systematic integration of ecodesign in the company’s strategies and practices, and hence continual improvements. This way of implementation should be familiar to Kockums AB because the company is certified according to ISO 14001, where continual improvement of environmental performance is a key factor. The proposed LEAP includes tools, documents, and methods that are to be used in daily work and product development at Kockums AB. It is a step towards environmentally conscious design and enhanced environmental knowledge at Kockums AB. Additionally, as a result of the LEAP, the expectation is that environmental conscious mindsets of employees arise.

A severa degradação do meio ambiente, causada pela ação do homem nas últimas décadas, tem forçado as organizações a tomarem providências no sentido de reduzir os efeitos negativos causados pelas atividades industriais. Neste sentido, os indicadores de sustentabilidade têm crescido em importância, pois permitem avaliar o nível de sustentabilidade das mais diversas entidades, identificando os potenciais de melhoria e o progresso obtido. Apesar da grande variedade de indicadores existentes, ainda existem áreas pouco exploradas, como é o caso dos indicadores para o desenvolvimento de produtos na indústria de autopeças. Com o objetivo de contribuir para a criação de produtos mais sustentáveis, orientando o processo de desenvolvimento desde as fases iniciais, foi proposto neste trabalho um conjunto de indicadores de sustentabilidade, divididos em indicadores de sustentabilidade para produtos e indicadores de sustentabilidade para gestão de projetos. Estes dois conjuntos de indicadores foram definidos com base no estudo das melhores práticas e recomendações de projeto para o meio ambiente e sustentabilidade, nos indicadores de sustentabilidade existentes e nas necessidades da indústria automotiva. O resultado foi um conjunto de 23 indicadores de sustentabilidade para produtos, como o objetivo de avaliar as características técnicas do produto de forma quantitativa, e 26 indicadores de sustentabilidade para gestão de projetos, com o objetivo de avaliar se os principais aspectos e recomendações de projeto para a sustentabilidade estão sendo considerados ao longo do processo de desenvolvimento, de forma qualitativa. Para demonstrar a aplicação dos indicadores propostos, foi apresentado um exemplo, baseado no desenvolvimento de um novo componente para motores diesel, partindo desde o planejamento estratégico até a descontinuação do produto do mercado. O exemplo demonstrou que os indicadores definidos foram bastante úteis no sentido de orientar a equipe de desenvolvimento para a obtenção de um produto sustentável, com base nas metas definidas no início do projeto, podendo ser incorporadas ao processo de desenvolvimento por empresas do setor automotivo. / The severe environmental degradation caused by human activities in recent decades has forced organizations to take actions and measures in order to reduce or eliminate the negative effects caused by industrial activities. In this sense, sustainability indicators have grown in importance because they allow to assess the level of sustainability from various entities, identifying potential for improvement and progress achieved. Despite the great variety of existing indicators, there are still unexplored areas, such as indicators for product development in the auto parts industry. Aiming to contribute to the creation of more sustainable products, guiding the development process since the earliest stages, it was proposed in this work a set of sustainability indicators, divided into product indicators and design indicators. These two sets of indicators were defined based on the study of best practices and recommendations from various techniques such as design for environment and sustainability, study of existing sustainability indicators and the needs of the automotive industry. The result was a set of 23 product indicators, evaluating the product characteristics in a quantitatively way, and 26 design indicators, assessing whether the main aspects and techniques of design for sustainability are being considered throughout the development process, in a qualitative way. In order to demonstrate the application and use of the proposed indicators, it was presented an example, based on the development of a new component for diesel engines, starting from strategic planning to the product discontinuation from the market. The example showed that the defined indicators are very useful in guiding the development team to achieve a sustainable product, based on the goals defined at the beginning of the project, which can be incorporated into the development process for automotive companies.

Inúmeras alterações vêm acontecendo na sociedade contemporânea devido ao surgimento de novas tecnologias, fato esse que tem influenciado várias áreas do conhecimento e alterado de forma significativa o estilo de vida da sociedade. Um dos impactos que a comunidade vem experimentando devido ao seu atual modo de vida é um contínuo e vertiginoso uso dos recursos naturais, que consecutivamente produzem abalos ambientais. Em vista disso, está crescendo o grau de conscientização da sociedade, e as empresas estão sendo impelidas a responder e se responsabilizar pelos impactos negativos gerados por suas atividades, mudando assim, paulatinamente o cenário social e ambiental. Para sanar tal situação, uma nova ferramenta com base em serviços veio proporcionar um desenvolvimento econômico apoiado na desmaterialização do crescimento, conhecido como Sistema Produto-Serviço Sustentável (SPSS). Algumas das características deste sistema se alteram em virtude das necessidades do cliente ou de acordo com a solução, priorizando o atendimento de componentes tangíveis ou intangíveis. O objetivo do estudo é propor um Mapa Visual para categorização de Modelos de Negócio de Sistemas Produto-Serviço Sustentáveis. Em relação ao caminho metodológico para atingir o objetivo proposto, foi desenvolvida uma pesquisa de natureza aplicada, com abordagem qualitativa do problema, descritiva e se valendo de técnicas bibliográfica e documental, e estudo de caso de um mobiliário escolar informatizado. Como resultado da pesquisa, propõe-se um Mapa Visual, composto por 3 categorias, 9 sub-categorias e 45 critérios para categorização de Modelos de Negócio (MN) de SPSS. / Several changes occur in the contemporaneous society, in several areas of knowledge. The impacts produced generated in the last years due to technologies recently appeared, provoked significantly the society’s way of life. These impacts generate effects such the relationship between the current way of life and the increasing use of the natural resources. Therefore, increases gradually the enterprises’ awareness, the last ones responding for these impacts. In order to solve this situation, these enterprises developed a new tool based in services, to proportionate an economic development based in knowledge’s dematerialization, well known as Sustainable Product-Service System (SPSS). Some of the characteristics of this system can be changes, in virtue of the client’s needings or according to solution, prioritizing the attendance of the material and unmaterial components. Thus, it is intended through this study propose a categorization process for Business Models related to SPSS. Concernin the methodological way to achive the proposed goal, it was developed a research of applied nature, with a qualitative approach of the problem, being descriptive and using bibliographic and documental techniques, and being the case of study, an informatized scholar furniture. As a result of this research, it proposes a Visual Map, composed by three categories, 9 subcategories and 45 categorization creiteria of the SPSS Business Models.

A severa degradação do meio ambiente, causada pela ação do homem nas últimas décadas, tem forçado as organizações a tomarem providências no sentido de reduzir os efeitos negativos causados pelas atividades industriais. Neste sentido, os indicadores de sustentabilidade têm crescido em importância, pois permitem avaliar o nível de sustentabilidade das mais diversas entidades, identificando os potenciais de melhoria e o progresso obtido. Apesar da grande variedade de indicadores existentes, ainda existem áreas pouco exploradas, como é o caso dos indicadores para o desenvolvimento de produtos na indústria de autopeças. Com o objetivo de contribuir para a criação de produtos mais sustentáveis, orientando o processo de desenvolvimento desde as fases iniciais, foi proposto neste trabalho um conjunto de indicadores de sustentabilidade, divididos em indicadores de sustentabilidade para produtos e indicadores de sustentabilidade para gestão de projetos. Estes dois conjuntos de indicadores foram definidos com base no estudo das melhores práticas e recomendações de projeto para o meio ambiente e sustentabilidade, nos indicadores de sustentabilidade existentes e nas necessidades da indústria automotiva. O resultado foi um conjunto de 23 indicadores de sustentabilidade para produtos, como o objetivo de avaliar as características técnicas do produto de forma quantitativa, e 26 indicadores de sustentabilidade para gestão de projetos, com o objetivo de avaliar se os principais aspectos e recomendações de projeto para a sustentabilidade estão sendo considerados ao longo do processo de desenvolvimento, de forma qualitativa. Para demonstrar a aplicação dos indicadores propostos, foi apresentado um exemplo, baseado no desenvolvimento de um novo componente para motores diesel, partindo desde o planejamento estratégico até a descontinuação do produto do mercado. O exemplo demonstrou que os indicadores definidos foram bastante úteis no sentido de orientar a equipe de desenvolvimento para a obtenção de um produto sustentável, com base nas metas definidas no início do projeto, podendo ser incorporadas ao processo de desenvolvimento por empresas do setor automotivo. / The severe environmental degradation caused by human activities in recent decades has forced organizations to take actions and measures in order to reduce or eliminate the negative effects caused by industrial activities. In this sense, sustainability indicators have grown in importance because they allow to assess the level of sustainability from various entities, identifying potential for improvement and progress achieved. Despite the great variety of existing indicators, there are still unexplored areas, such as indicators for product development in the auto parts industry. Aiming to contribute to the creation of more sustainable products, guiding the development process since the earliest stages, it was proposed in this work a set of sustainability indicators, divided into product indicators and design indicators. These two sets of indicators were defined based on the study of best practices and recommendations from various techniques such as design for environment and sustainability, study of existing sustainability indicators and the needs of the automotive industry. The result was a set of 23 product indicators, evaluating the product characteristics in a quantitatively way, and 26 design indicators, assessing whether the main aspects and techniques of design for sustainability are being considered throughout the development process, in a qualitative way. In order to demonstrate the application and use of the proposed indicators, it was presented an example, based on the development of a new component for diesel engines, starting from strategic planning to the product discontinuation from the market. The example showed that the defined indicators are very useful in guiding the development team to achieve a sustainable product, based on the goals defined at the beginning of the project, which can be incorporated into the development process for automotive companies.

Inúmeras alterações vêm acontecendo na sociedade contemporânea devido ao surgimento de novas tecnologias, fato esse que tem influenciado várias áreas do conhecimento e alterado de forma significativa o estilo de vida da sociedade. Um dos impactos que a comunidade vem experimentando devido ao seu atual modo de vida é um contínuo e vertiginoso uso dos recursos naturais, que consecutivamente produzem abalos ambientais. Em vista disso, está crescendo o grau de conscientização da sociedade, e as empresas estão sendo impelidas a responder e se responsabilizar pelos impactos negativos gerados por suas atividades, mudando assim, paulatinamente o cenário social e ambiental. Para sanar tal situação, uma nova ferramenta com base em serviços veio proporcionar um desenvolvimento econômico apoiado na desmaterialização do crescimento, conhecido como Sistema Produto-Serviço Sustentável (SPSS). Algumas das características deste sistema se alteram em virtude das necessidades do cliente ou de acordo com a solução, priorizando o atendimento de componentes tangíveis ou intangíveis. O objetivo do estudo é propor um Mapa Visual para categorização de Modelos de Negócio de Sistemas Produto-Serviço Sustentáveis. Em relação ao caminho metodológico para atingir o objetivo proposto, foi desenvolvida uma pesquisa de natureza aplicada, com abordagem qualitativa do problema, descritiva e se valendo de técnicas bibliográfica e documental, e estudo de caso de um mobiliário escolar informatizado. Como resultado da pesquisa, propõe-se um Mapa Visual, composto por 3 categorias, 9 sub-categorias e 45 critérios para categorização de Modelos de Negócio (MN) de SPSS. / Several changes occur in the contemporaneous society, in several areas of knowledge. The impacts produced generated in the last years due to technologies recently appeared, provoked significantly the society’s way of life. These impacts generate effects such the relationship between the current way of life and the increasing use of the natural resources. Therefore, increases gradually the enterprises’ awareness, the last ones responding for these impacts. In order to solve this situation, these enterprises developed a new tool based in services, to proportionate an economic development based in knowledge’s dematerialization, well known as Sustainable Product-Service System (SPSS). Some of the characteristics of this system can be changes, in virtue of the client’s needings or according to solution, prioritizing the attendance of the material and unmaterial components. Thus, it is intended through this study propose a categorization process for Business Models related to SPSS. Concernin the methodological way to achive the proposed goal, it was developed a research of applied nature, with a qualitative approach of the problem, being descriptive and using bibliographic and documental techniques, and being the case of study, an informatized scholar furniture. As a result of this research, it proposes a Visual Map, composed by three categories, 9 subcategories and 45 categorization creiteria of the SPSS Business Models.

The subject of this diploma thesis is a review of legislation about ecodesign, the design of air conditioning systems for hospital departments and analysis of energy consumption of air conditioning systems designed before and after ecodesign 2018. The thesis is divided into three parts. The theoretical part deals with research of ecodesign legislation (especially EU Commission Regulation No. 1253/2014) and air conditioning in health care facilities. In the second part design of two air-conditioning systems serving the hospital's traumatology department was realized at the level of documentation for building permission. The third part contains calculations and assessments of expected consumption of electric and thermal energy, comparison of units before and after ecodesign and evaluation of annual operating costs.

This diploma thesis is focused on problems of heat exchangers. There are two main objectives. The first objective is based on long-term measuring of enthalpy heat exchanger, processing of measured data and comparison of result with manufacturer's results. The second objective is design of variant solutions for two types of heat exchanger of air conditioning unit of selected shop. For variant without moisture transportation was selected cross flow exchangers. Thanks to knowledge from long-term measurement, was selected enthalpy heat exchanger for variant with moisture transportation. Chosen variants were compared with emphasis on heat and moisture exchange efficiency with requirements on Ecodesign.

La perception des emballages alimentaires est passée d’utile à source majeure de contaminants dans les aliments et menace pour l’environnement. La substitution du verre par des con-tenants en plastiques recyclés ou biosourcés réduit l’impact environnemental des boissons embouteillées. La thèse a développé de nouveaux outils de simulation 3D et d’optimisation pour accélérer le prototypage des emballages éco-efficaces pour les boissons alcoolisées. La durée de conservation des boissons, la sécurité sanitaire des matériaux plastiques recyclés, les contraintes mécaniques, et la quantité de déchets sont considérées comme un seul problème d'optimisation multicritères. Les nouvelles bouteilles sont générées virtuellement et itérativement en trois étapes comprenant : i) une [E]valuation multiéchelle des transferts de masse couplés ; ii) une étape de [D]écision validant les contraintes techniques (forme, capacité, poids) et réglementaires (durée de conservation, migrations); iii) une étape globale de ré[S]olution recherchant des solutions de Pareto acceptables. La capacité de prédire la durée de vie des liqueurs dans des conditions réelles a été testée avec succès sur environ 500 miniatures en PET (polyéthylène téréphtalate) sur plusieurs mois. L’ensemble de l’approche a été conçu pour gérer tout transfert de matière couplé (perméation, sorption, migration). La sorption mutuelle est prise en compte via une formulation polynaire de Flory-Huggins. Une formulation gros grain de la théorie des volumes libres de Vrentas et Duda a été développée pour prédire les propriétés de diffusion dans les polymères vitreux de l’eau et des solutés organiques dans des polymères arbitraires (polyesters, polyamides, polyvinyles, polyoléfines). 409 diffusivités issues de la littérature ou mesurées ont été utilisée pour validation. La contribution de la relaxation du PET vitreux a été analysée par sorption différentielle (binaire et ternaire) de 25 à 50 °C. Une partie du code source sera partagé afin d'encourager l'intégration de davantage de paramètres affectant la durée de conservation des boissons et des produits alimentaires (cinétique d'oxydation, piégeage d'arômes). / The view of plastic food packaging turned from useful to a major source of contaminants in food and an environmental threat. Substituting glass by recycled or biosourced plastic containers reduces environmental impacts for bottled beverages. The thesis developed a 3D computational and optimization framework to accelerate the prototyping of eco-efficient packaging for alcoholic beverages. Shelf-life, food safety, mechanical constraints, and packaging wastes are considered into a single multicriteria optimization problem. New bottles are virtually generated within an iterative three steps process involving: i) a multiresolution [E]valuation of coupled mass transfer; ii) a [D]ecision step validating technical (shape, capacity, weight) and regulatory (shelf-life, migrations) constraints; iii) a global [Solving] step seeking acceptable Pareto solutions. The capacity to predict shelf-life of liquors in real conditions was tested successfully on ca. 500 hundred bottle min iatures in PET (polyethylene terephthalate) over several months. The entire approach has been designed to manage any coupled mass transfer (permeation, sorption, migration). Mutual sorption is considered via polynary Flory-Huggins formulation. A blob formulation of the free-volume theory of Vrentas and Duda was developed to predict the diffusion properties in glassy polymers of water and organic solutes in arbitrary polymers (polyesters, polyamides, polyvinyls, polyolefins). The validation set included 433 experimental diffusivities from literature and measured in this work. The contribution of polymer relaxation in glassy PET was analyzed in binary and ternary differential sorption using a cosorption microbalance from 25 to 50°C. Part of the framework will be released as an open-source project to encourage the integration of more factors affecting the shelf-life of beverages and food products (oxidation kinetics, aroma scalping).