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Dr. You Wu
Advanced Design and Manufacturing Engineering Centre, School of Architecture Design and the Built Environment, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, NG1 4FQ, UK

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Journal article
Published: 19 April 2021 in Journal of Cleaner Production
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This paper presents a life cycle assessment (LCA) for the industrial Light Emitting Diode (LED) luminaire by using Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) methodology. The assessment is carried out for raw material, assembly, distribution, use and end of life (EoL) stages, and all upstream emissions are considered. The analysis results show that the electricity consumption in use stage is the significant contributor for the overall impacts. Environmental benefits are identified from the EoL scenario analysis due to the adopted WEEE treatments. Electricity mix for the UK and other European countries are modelled for the comparison study that shows the use of renewable resources for electricity generation has lower overall impacts from the PEF view, but the impact towards land use that is caused by using biomass energy source for electricity production is noticeable, which is barely mentioned in the existing LCA studies. This research has made the following original contributions: 1) it is the first study examining the LED luminaire environmental performance by using the PEF methodology; 2) the electricity mix modelling for the European countries in the comparison study reveals the possible trade-off between using renewable/non-renewable resources for the electricity generation, which would be beneficial for further policy development for lighting and energy sectors; 3) the availability demonstration of the current PEF database for luminaires, and the reported analysis results would assist future similar LCA studies.

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You Wu; Daizhong Su. LCA of an industrial luminaire using product environmental footprint method. Journal of Cleaner Production 2021, 305, 127159 .

AMA Style

You Wu, Daizhong Su. LCA of an industrial luminaire using product environmental footprint method. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2021; 305 ():127159.

Chicago/Turabian Style

You Wu; Daizhong Su. 2021. "LCA of an industrial luminaire using product environmental footprint method." Journal of Cleaner Production 305, no. : 127159.

Journal article
Published: 19 November 2020 in Sustainability
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Nowadays, eco-accounting is widely used in sustainable consumption and production. In order to incentivise consumers’ sustainable consumption and enhance their environmental awareness, a novel mobile based eco-accounting infrastructure has been developed by this research. It applies the eco-credit values to incentivise the consumer’s recycling activities and utilises the eco-cost values to record the consumer’s footprint obtained through consumption. The infrastructure consists of four modules: the consumer’s eco-account, eco-shopping, eco-recycling and eco-incentives. In order to implement the mobile eco-accounting infrastructure, multiple mobile technologies have been applied to develop the novel functions of the mobile app, including a new QR encryption algorithm, embedded Google maps, advanced Internet-based services and multi-language support. A case study is conducted by demonstrating the consumer’s purchasing and recycling processes. It proves that the novel mobile application system has been successfully developed, which provides an effective support for the implementation and demonstration of the eco-accounting infrastructure.

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Hua Huang; Daizhong Su; Wenjie Peng; You Wu. Development of a Mobile Application System for Eco-Accounting. Sustainability 2020, 12, 9675 .

AMA Style

Hua Huang, Daizhong Su, Wenjie Peng, You Wu. Development of a Mobile Application System for Eco-Accounting. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (22):9675.

Chicago/Turabian Style

Hua Huang; Daizhong Su; Wenjie Peng; You Wu. 2020. "Development of a Mobile Application System for Eco-Accounting." Sustainability 12, no. 22: 9675.

Original paper
Published: 31 July 2020 in Euro-Mediterranean Journal for Environmental Integration
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An approach for integrating life-cycle assessment (LCA) into the eco-design of lighting products was developed, and LCAs of five lighting products that are currently on the market were then carried out using this approach. Based on the results of these LCAs, the sustainability requests for lighting products were derived and embedded into the product design specification (PDS), thus ensuring that any product developed according to the PDS would have the desired eco-design features. A new sustainable lighting product was then designed according to the PDS and manufactured, after which the new product underwent LCA. Upon comparing the results of the LCA of the new product with the LCA results for the existing lighting products, the newly designed product was found to provide better environmental performance than the existing products (a 27–58% reduction in environmental impact).

ACS Style

Shuyi Wang; Daizhong Su; You Wu; Zijian Chai. Application of life-cycle assessment to the eco-design of LED lighting products. Euro-Mediterranean Journal for Environmental Integration 2020, 5, 1 -10.

AMA Style

Shuyi Wang, Daizhong Su, You Wu, Zijian Chai. Application of life-cycle assessment to the eco-design of LED lighting products. Euro-Mediterranean Journal for Environmental Integration. 2020; 5 (2):1-10.

Chicago/Turabian Style

Shuyi Wang; Daizhong Su; You Wu; Zijian Chai. 2020. "Application of life-cycle assessment to the eco-design of LED lighting products." Euro-Mediterranean Journal for Environmental Integration 5, no. 2: 1-10.

Review
Published: 13 May 2020 in Concurrent Engineering Approaches for Sustainable Product Development in a Multi-Disciplinary Environment
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In this chapter, a wide range of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methods, new initiative for reducing emissions and improving resource efficiency, and Product Environmental Footprint are examined, in order to introduce the research tendency in this filed and clarify the differences among these Life Cycle Impact Assessment (LCIA) methods. The LCIA methods are broadly categorized as resource based and emission based. Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) database are also investigated, and the features of the generic LCI database are presented. The data formats of the ecoinvent database are deeply examined, with the aim of clarifying the attributes, types of each data components to help users to understand the role of inventory database in the practices.

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You Wu; Daizhong Su. Review of Life Cycle Impact Assessment (LCIA) Methods and Inventory Databases. Concurrent Engineering Approaches for Sustainable Product Development in a Multi-Disciplinary Environment 2020, 39 -55.

AMA Style

You Wu, Daizhong Su. Review of Life Cycle Impact Assessment (LCIA) Methods and Inventory Databases. Concurrent Engineering Approaches for Sustainable Product Development in a Multi-Disciplinary Environment. 2020; ():39-55.

Chicago/Turabian Style

You Wu; Daizhong Su. 2020. "Review of Life Cycle Impact Assessment (LCIA) Methods and Inventory Databases." Concurrent Engineering Approaches for Sustainable Product Development in a Multi-Disciplinary Environment , no. : 39-55.

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Published: 13 May 2020 in Concurrent Engineering Approaches for Sustainable Product Development in a Multi-Disciplinary Environment
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In this chapter, after a brief literature review, the social life cycle assessment (S-LCA) technology is introduced, including fundamental terminologies, steps for Implementing an S-LCA, and seven major assessment methods. A case study is presented to illustrate how the procedure and relevant assessment methods are applied in the S-LCA of a company producing lighting products.

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You Wu; Daizhong Su. Social Life Cycle Assessment. Concurrent Engineering Approaches for Sustainable Product Development in a Multi-Disciplinary Environment 2020, 127 -152.

AMA Style

You Wu, Daizhong Su. Social Life Cycle Assessment. Concurrent Engineering Approaches for Sustainable Product Development in a Multi-Disciplinary Environment. 2020; ():127-152.

Chicago/Turabian Style

You Wu; Daizhong Su. 2020. "Social Life Cycle Assessment." Concurrent Engineering Approaches for Sustainable Product Development in a Multi-Disciplinary Environment , no. : 127-152.

Chapter
Published: 13 May 2020 in Concurrent Engineering Approaches for Sustainable Product Development in a Multi-Disciplinary Environment
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The function of the eco-accounting is to measure the ecological impact of product, or called eco-point, throughout product’s life cycle. In the eco-accounting, large amounts of dynamic data are to be captured for the calculation of eco-point. In order to obtain the data, the Information and communication technology (ICT) is required to collect dynamic data for the calculation of eco-point, and then make them accessible for all stakeholders along the value chain, from one operation model to another, for example, from material extraction to product manufacture and from supplier to customer, in order to measure the product’s eco-point. Based on the eco-point, the eco-debit and eco-credit are obtained, which are applied in the different areas with major concerns on sustainability, such as production sustainability assessment, eco-shopping, recycling, and consumer’s eco-account.

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Wenjie Peng; You Wu; Daizhong Su. Application of Information and Communication Technologies for Eco-Accounting. Concurrent Engineering Approaches for Sustainable Product Development in a Multi-Disciplinary Environment 2020, 85 -126.

AMA Style

Wenjie Peng, You Wu, Daizhong Su. Application of Information and Communication Technologies for Eco-Accounting. Concurrent Engineering Approaches for Sustainable Product Development in a Multi-Disciplinary Environment. 2020; ():85-126.

Chicago/Turabian Style

Wenjie Peng; You Wu; Daizhong Su. 2020. "Application of Information and Communication Technologies for Eco-Accounting." Concurrent Engineering Approaches for Sustainable Product Development in a Multi-Disciplinary Environment , no. : 85-126.

Chapter
Published: 13 May 2020 in Concurrent Engineering Approaches for Sustainable Product Development in a Multi-Disciplinary Environment
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Nowadays, farming is one of the major sources of environmental impacts in the world. This research developed an approach of combining the life cycle assessment (LCA) and Farm Carbon Calculator (FCC) to assess the environmental impact of farming. The LCA is a general method covering a broad spectrum of environmental impact assessment and the FCC is a farming specific method focusing on carbon emission and sequestration. The approach is applied in an organic vegetable farm as an application scenario. In this chapter, the scope of the investigation is presented first, followed by assessing the environmental impact of farming by utilizing the LCA and FCC methods respectively. The assessments were conducted regarding key aspects of farming, including fuel/energy consumption, fertility improvement, materials, distribution, and waste/disposals. According to the assessment results, suggestions for reducing the environmental impact of farming are proposed. The outcome of the investigation proved the correctness and the compensative advantages of the approach.

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Daizhong Su; Jonathan Smith; You Wu; Zhongming Ren. Environmental Impact Assessment of Farming with Combined Methods of Life Cycle Assessment and Farm Carbon Calculator. Concurrent Engineering Approaches for Sustainable Product Development in a Multi-Disciplinary Environment 2020, 249 -270.

AMA Style

Daizhong Su, Jonathan Smith, You Wu, Zhongming Ren. Environmental Impact Assessment of Farming with Combined Methods of Life Cycle Assessment and Farm Carbon Calculator. Concurrent Engineering Approaches for Sustainable Product Development in a Multi-Disciplinary Environment. 2020; ():249-270.

Chicago/Turabian Style

Daizhong Su; Jonathan Smith; You Wu; Zhongming Ren. 2020. "Environmental Impact Assessment of Farming with Combined Methods of Life Cycle Assessment and Farm Carbon Calculator." Concurrent Engineering Approaches for Sustainable Product Development in a Multi-Disciplinary Environment , no. : 249-270.

Chapter
Published: 13 May 2020 in Concurrent Engineering Approaches for Sustainable Product Development in a Multi-Disciplinary Environment
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To meet the demand for selection of suitable software tools of lifecycle impact assessment (LCIA) for sustainable design, ten popular LCIA software tools are reviewed, including CES EDUPACK, SolidWorks, Sustainable Minds, SimaPro, Gabi, openLCA, ECO-it, Umberto NXT LCA, EIME, and EarthSmart. Then they are analysed against three criteria regarding the function to define the product and its lifecycle, databases, and assessment categories and available LCIA methods. Based on the review and analysis results, guidelines for selection of the tools are proposed. With the guidelines and analysis results, an example is presented to illustrate how the guidelines are applied to select an LCIA software tool for sustainable design of an industrial gearbox.

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Daizhong Su; Zhongming Ren; You Wu. Guidelines for Selection of Life Cycle Impact Assessment Software Tools. Concurrent Engineering Approaches for Sustainable Product Development in a Multi-Disciplinary Environment 2020, 57 -70.

AMA Style

Daizhong Su, Zhongming Ren, You Wu. Guidelines for Selection of Life Cycle Impact Assessment Software Tools. Concurrent Engineering Approaches for Sustainable Product Development in a Multi-Disciplinary Environment. 2020; ():57-70.

Chicago/Turabian Style

Daizhong Su; Zhongming Ren; You Wu. 2020. "Guidelines for Selection of Life Cycle Impact Assessment Software Tools." Concurrent Engineering Approaches for Sustainable Product Development in a Multi-Disciplinary Environment , no. : 57-70.

Chapter
Published: 13 May 2020 in Concurrent Engineering Approaches for Sustainable Product Development in a Multi-Disciplinary Environment
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This chapter is to illustrate the integrated approach for sustainable product development with a case study of a raised access flooring product which consists of a floor panel made of sheet moulding compound material, a support stringer and pedestals. The product development process presented in this chapter focuses on the sustainable production process, including elaboration of product design specification, conceptual design, detail design, prototyping and testing, and manufacture. The other phases of the product life cycle, such as product in service, and the end-of-life product treatment are also considered in the product life cycle assessment. Various sustainable methods, such as life cycle analysis and eco-manufacture, and tools, such as life cycle impact assessment and finite element analysis, are integrated in the production process.

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Daizhong Su; You Wu; Wenjie Peng; Shuyi Wang; Shifan Zhu; Qianren Zhang. Integrated Approach for Sustainable Flooring Product Development. Concurrent Engineering Approaches for Sustainable Product Development in a Multi-Disciplinary Environment 2020, 351 -369.

AMA Style

Daizhong Su, You Wu, Wenjie Peng, Shuyi Wang, Shifan Zhu, Qianren Zhang. Integrated Approach for Sustainable Flooring Product Development. Concurrent Engineering Approaches for Sustainable Product Development in a Multi-Disciplinary Environment. 2020; ():351-369.

Chicago/Turabian Style

Daizhong Su; You Wu; Wenjie Peng; Shuyi Wang; Shifan Zhu; Qianren Zhang. 2020. "Integrated Approach for Sustainable Flooring Product Development." Concurrent Engineering Approaches for Sustainable Product Development in a Multi-Disciplinary Environment , no. : 351-369.

Chapter
Published: 13 May 2020 in Concurrent Engineering Approaches for Sustainable Product Development in a Multi-Disciplinary Environment
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A novel approach for converting ecoinvent data format (i.e. EcoSpold) to SQL format is developed to achieve life cycle impact (LCI) inventory data management and to serve web based applications. The approach is demonstrated by employing the data extraction programming script and applying the extracted data values and information in an SQL database management client. A XML parsing library is used to implement the automated EcoSpold files search and extraction function, which is invoked by a Python script. A Java based graphical user interface GUI application is also developed, in order to help users to select the feasible LCI datasets and achieve automated data file import into the life cycle assessment (LCA) software, in order to conduct LCA calculations.

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You Wu; Daizhong Su. Life Cycle Inventory Management. Concurrent Engineering Approaches for Sustainable Product Development in a Multi-Disciplinary Environment 2020, 153 -166.

AMA Style

You Wu, Daizhong Su. Life Cycle Inventory Management. Concurrent Engineering Approaches for Sustainable Product Development in a Multi-Disciplinary Environment. 2020; ():153-166.

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You Wu; Daizhong Su. 2020. "Life Cycle Inventory Management." Concurrent Engineering Approaches for Sustainable Product Development in a Multi-Disciplinary Environment , no. : 153-166.