Life cycle assessment of commercial furniture: a case study of Formway LIFE chair

作者: Gayathri Babarenda Gamage , Carol Boyle , Sarah J. McLaren , Jake McLaren

DOI: 10.1007/S11367-008-0002-3

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摘要: Background, aims and scope The environmental aspects of companies their products are becoming more significant in delivering competitive advantage. Formway Furniture, a designer manufacturer office furniture products, is New Zealand-based company that committed to sustainable development. It manufactures two models the light, intuitive, flexible (LIFE) chair: one with an aluminium base glass-filled nylon (GFN) base. was decided undertake life cycle assessment (LCA) study these order to: (1) determine hotspots chairs (goal 1); (2) compare impacts 2); (3) alternative potential waste-management scenarios 3). The also included sensitivity analysis respect recycled content product.

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