Trade-Off Characterization Between Social and Environmental Impacts Using Agent-Based Product Adoption Models and Life Cycle Assessment

Meeting the United Nations (UN) sustainable development goals efficiently requires designers and engineers to solve multi-objective optimization problems involving trade-offs between social, environmental, and economical impacts. This paper presents an approach for designers and engineers to quantif...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
Bibliographische Detailangaben
Veröffentlicht in:Journal of mechanical design (1990) 2023-03, Vol.145 (3)
Hauptverfasser: Liechty, Joseph C., Mabey, Christopher S., Mattson, Christopher A., Salmon, John L., Weaver, Jason M.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Online-Zugang:Volltext
Tags: Tag hinzufügen
Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!
container_end_page
container_issue 3
container_start_page
container_title Journal of mechanical design (1990)
container_volume 145
creator Liechty, Joseph C.
Mabey, Christopher S.
Mattson, Christopher A.
Salmon, John L.
Weaver, Jason M.
description Meeting the United Nations (UN) sustainable development goals efficiently requires designers and engineers to solve multi-objective optimization problems involving trade-offs between social, environmental, and economical impacts. This paper presents an approach for designers and engineers to quantify the social and environmental impacts of a product at a population level and then perform a trade-off analysis between those impacts. In this approach, designers and engineers define the attributes of the product as well as the materials and processes used in the product’s life cycle. Agent-based modeling (ABM) tools that have been developed to model the social impacts of products are combined with life cycle assessment (LCA) tools that have been developed to evaluate the pressures that different processes create on the environment. Designers and engineers then evaluate the trade-offs between impacts by finding non-dominated solutions that minimize environmental impacts while maximizing positive and/or minimizing negative social impacts. Product adoption models generated by ABM allow designers and engineers to approximate population level environmental impacts and avoid Simpson’s paradox, where a reversal in choices is preferred when looking at the population level impacts versus the individual product-level impacts. This analysis of impacts has the potential to help designers and engineers create more impactful products that aid in reaching the UN sustainable development goals.
doi_str_mv 10.1115/1.4056006
format Article
fullrecord <record><control><sourceid>asme_cross</sourceid><recordid>TN_cdi_crossref_primary_10_1115_1_4056006</recordid><sourceformat>XML</sourceformat><sourcesystem>PC</sourcesystem><sourcerecordid>1148269</sourcerecordid><originalsourceid>FETCH-LOGICAL-a250t-56c6d2e35285a04c63a8ec45e9e984fbcf0f50907f795b5d865002032f359adf3</originalsourceid><addsrcrecordid>eNotkM1OwzAQhC0EEqVw4M7BVw4p6yROk2MaFahUVCTac-Ta65IqtSs7pSovwGvj_px2NZr9NDuEPDIYMMb4CxukwDOA7Ir0GI_zqABg12EHDhGkw_iW3Hm_DiLLU94jf3MnFEYzrWn1LZyQHbrmV3SNNXSE3R7R0C8rG9FSYRQdm5_GWbNB0wVlstmGA08XvjErWq6CGo2ER0U_nVU72dFS2e2J9WEVtv7EmDYaaXWQLdLSe_T-SLsnN1q0Hh8us08Wr-N59R5NZ2-TqpxGIubQRTyTmYoxCZ9xAanMEpGjTDkWWOSpXkoNmkMBQz0s-JKrPOMAMSSxTnghlE765PnMlc5671DXW9dshDvUDOpjgzWrLw0G79PZK0LEem13zoRowZXmcVYk_20ybVs</addsrcrecordid><sourcetype>Aggregation Database</sourcetype><iscdi>true</iscdi><recordtype>article</recordtype></control><display><type>article</type><title>Trade-Off Characterization Between Social and Environmental Impacts Using Agent-Based Product Adoption Models and Life Cycle Assessment</title><source>ASME Transactions Journals (Current)</source><source>Alma/SFX Local Collection</source><creator>Liechty, Joseph C. ; Mabey, Christopher S. ; Mattson, Christopher A. ; Salmon, John L. ; Weaver, Jason M.</creator><creatorcontrib>Liechty, Joseph C. ; Mabey, Christopher S. ; Mattson, Christopher A. ; Salmon, John L. ; Weaver, Jason M.</creatorcontrib><description>Meeting the United Nations (UN) sustainable development goals efficiently requires designers and engineers to solve multi-objective optimization problems involving trade-offs between social, environmental, and economical impacts. This paper presents an approach for designers and engineers to quantify the social and environmental impacts of a product at a population level and then perform a trade-off analysis between those impacts. In this approach, designers and engineers define the attributes of the product as well as the materials and processes used in the product’s life cycle. Agent-based modeling (ABM) tools that have been developed to model the social impacts of products are combined with life cycle assessment (LCA) tools that have been developed to evaluate the pressures that different processes create on the environment. Designers and engineers then evaluate the trade-offs between impacts by finding non-dominated solutions that minimize environmental impacts while maximizing positive and/or minimizing negative social impacts. Product adoption models generated by ABM allow designers and engineers to approximate population level environmental impacts and avoid Simpson’s paradox, where a reversal in choices is preferred when looking at the population level impacts versus the individual product-level impacts. This analysis of impacts has the potential to help designers and engineers create more impactful products that aid in reaching the UN sustainable development goals.</description><identifier>ISSN: 1050-0472</identifier><identifier>EISSN: 1528-9001</identifier><identifier>DOI: 10.1115/1.4056006</identifier><language>eng</language><publisher>ASME</publisher><subject>Design Education</subject><ispartof>Journal of mechanical design (1990), 2023-03, Vol.145 (3)</ispartof><lds50>peer_reviewed</lds50><woscitedreferencessubscribed>false</woscitedreferencessubscribed><citedby>FETCH-LOGICAL-a250t-56c6d2e35285a04c63a8ec45e9e984fbcf0f50907f795b5d865002032f359adf3</citedby><cites>FETCH-LOGICAL-a250t-56c6d2e35285a04c63a8ec45e9e984fbcf0f50907f795b5d865002032f359adf3</cites></display><links><openurl>$$Topenurl_article</openurl><openurlfulltext>$$Topenurlfull_article</openurlfulltext><thumbnail>$$Tsyndetics_thumb_exl</thumbnail><link.rule.ids>314,780,784,27924,27925,38520</link.rule.ids></links><search><creatorcontrib>Liechty, Joseph C.</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Mabey, Christopher S.</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Mattson, Christopher A.</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Salmon, John L.</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Weaver, Jason M.</creatorcontrib><title>Trade-Off Characterization Between Social and Environmental Impacts Using Agent-Based Product Adoption Models and Life Cycle Assessment</title><title>Journal of mechanical design (1990)</title><addtitle>J. Mech. Des</addtitle><description>Meeting the United Nations (UN) sustainable development goals efficiently requires designers and engineers to solve multi-objective optimization problems involving trade-offs between social, environmental, and economical impacts. This paper presents an approach for designers and engineers to quantify the social and environmental impacts of a product at a population level and then perform a trade-off analysis between those impacts. In this approach, designers and engineers define the attributes of the product as well as the materials and processes used in the product’s life cycle. Agent-based modeling (ABM) tools that have been developed to model the social impacts of products are combined with life cycle assessment (LCA) tools that have been developed to evaluate the pressures that different processes create on the environment. Designers and engineers then evaluate the trade-offs between impacts by finding non-dominated solutions that minimize environmental impacts while maximizing positive and/or minimizing negative social impacts. Product adoption models generated by ABM allow designers and engineers to approximate population level environmental impacts and avoid Simpson’s paradox, where a reversal in choices is preferred when looking at the population level impacts versus the individual product-level impacts. This analysis of impacts has the potential to help designers and engineers create more impactful products that aid in reaching the UN sustainable development goals.</description><subject>Design Education</subject><issn>1050-0472</issn><issn>1528-9001</issn><fulltext>true</fulltext><rsrctype>article</rsrctype><creationdate>2023</creationdate><recordtype>article</recordtype><recordid>eNotkM1OwzAQhC0EEqVw4M7BVw4p6yROk2MaFahUVCTac-Ta65IqtSs7pSovwGvj_px2NZr9NDuEPDIYMMb4CxukwDOA7Ir0GI_zqABg12EHDhGkw_iW3Hm_DiLLU94jf3MnFEYzrWn1LZyQHbrmV3SNNXSE3R7R0C8rG9FSYRQdm5_GWbNB0wVlstmGA08XvjErWq6CGo2ER0U_nVU72dFS2e2J9WEVtv7EmDYaaXWQLdLSe_T-SLsnN1q0Hh8us08Wr-N59R5NZ2-TqpxGIubQRTyTmYoxCZ9xAanMEpGjTDkWWOSpXkoNmkMBQz0s-JKrPOMAMSSxTnghlE765PnMlc5671DXW9dshDvUDOpjgzWrLw0G79PZK0LEem13zoRowZXmcVYk_20ybVs</recordid><startdate>20230301</startdate><enddate>20230301</enddate><creator>Liechty, Joseph C.</creator><creator>Mabey, Christopher S.</creator><creator>Mattson, Christopher A.</creator><creator>Salmon, John L.</creator><creator>Weaver, Jason M.</creator><general>ASME</general><scope>AAYXX</scope><scope>CITATION</scope></search><sort><creationdate>20230301</creationdate><title>Trade-Off Characterization Between Social and Environmental Impacts Using Agent-Based Product Adoption Models and Life Cycle Assessment</title><author>Liechty, Joseph C. ; Mabey, Christopher S. ; Mattson, Christopher A. ; Salmon, John L. ; Weaver, Jason M.</author></sort><facets><frbrtype>5</frbrtype><frbrgroupid>cdi_FETCH-LOGICAL-a250t-56c6d2e35285a04c63a8ec45e9e984fbcf0f50907f795b5d865002032f359adf3</frbrgroupid><rsrctype>articles</rsrctype><prefilter>articles</prefilter><language>eng</language><creationdate>2023</creationdate><topic>Design Education</topic><toplevel>peer_reviewed</toplevel><toplevel>online_resources</toplevel><creatorcontrib>Liechty, Joseph C.</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Mabey, Christopher S.</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Mattson, Christopher A.</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Salmon, John L.</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Weaver, Jason M.</creatorcontrib><collection>CrossRef</collection><jtitle>Journal of mechanical design (1990)</jtitle></facets><delivery><delcategory>Remote Search Resource</delcategory><fulltext>fulltext</fulltext></delivery><addata><au>Liechty, Joseph C.</au><au>Mabey, Christopher S.</au><au>Mattson, Christopher A.</au><au>Salmon, John L.</au><au>Weaver, Jason M.</au><format>journal</format><genre>article</genre><ristype>JOUR</ristype><atitle>Trade-Off Characterization Between Social and Environmental Impacts Using Agent-Based Product Adoption Models and Life Cycle Assessment</atitle><jtitle>Journal of mechanical design (1990)</jtitle><stitle>J. Mech. Des</stitle><date>2023-03-01</date><risdate>2023</risdate><volume>145</volume><issue>3</issue><issn>1050-0472</issn><eissn>1528-9001</eissn><abstract>Meeting the United Nations (UN) sustainable development goals efficiently requires designers and engineers to solve multi-objective optimization problems involving trade-offs between social, environmental, and economical impacts. This paper presents an approach for designers and engineers to quantify the social and environmental impacts of a product at a population level and then perform a trade-off analysis between those impacts. In this approach, designers and engineers define the attributes of the product as well as the materials and processes used in the product’s life cycle. Agent-based modeling (ABM) tools that have been developed to model the social impacts of products are combined with life cycle assessment (LCA) tools that have been developed to evaluate the pressures that different processes create on the environment. Designers and engineers then evaluate the trade-offs between impacts by finding non-dominated solutions that minimize environmental impacts while maximizing positive and/or minimizing negative social impacts. Product adoption models generated by ABM allow designers and engineers to approximate population level environmental impacts and avoid Simpson’s paradox, where a reversal in choices is preferred when looking at the population level impacts versus the individual product-level impacts. This analysis of impacts has the potential to help designers and engineers create more impactful products that aid in reaching the UN sustainable development goals.</abstract><pub>ASME</pub><doi>10.1115/1.4056006</doi></addata></record>
fulltext fulltext
identifier ISSN: 1050-0472
ispartof Journal of mechanical design (1990), 2023-03, Vol.145 (3)
issn 1050-0472
1528-9001
language eng
recordid cdi_crossref_primary_10_1115_1_4056006
source ASME Transactions Journals (Current); Alma/SFX Local Collection
subjects Design Education
title Trade-Off Characterization Between Social and Environmental Impacts Using Agent-Based Product Adoption Models and Life Cycle Assessment
url https://sfx.bib-bvb.de/sfx_tum?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&ctx_tim=2024-12-23T13%3A07%3A24IST&url_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_ctx_fmt=infofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rfr_id=info:sid/primo.exlibrisgroup.com:primo3-Article-asme_cross&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Trade-Off%20Characterization%20Between%20Social%20and%20Environmental%20Impacts%20Using%20Agent-Based%20Product%20Adoption%20Models%20and%20Life%20Cycle%20Assessment&rft.jtitle=Journal%20of%20mechanical%20design%20(1990)&rft.au=Liechty,%20Joseph%20C.&rft.date=2023-03-01&rft.volume=145&rft.issue=3&rft.issn=1050-0472&rft.eissn=1528-9001&rft_id=info:doi/10.1115/1.4056006&rft_dat=%3Casme_cross%3E1148269%3C/asme_cross%3E%3Curl%3E%3C/url%3E&disable_directlink=true&sfx.directlink=off&sfx.report_link=0&rft_id=info:oai/&rft_id=info:pmid/&rfr_iscdi=true