The influence of product design on environmental impacts using life cycle assessment

In Indonesia, as a tropical country, fans become one of the electronic products with quite high level of consumption. The high amount of fan consumption potentially increases the number of e-waste, by which throughout its life phase, electronic products generate many environmental impacts. Environmental impacts in each life phase are very influenced by the design stage. Life cycle assessment is able to identify the eco-cost value of each product so that the product with lowest environmental impact can be selected. In the present study, various design of fans, i.e. stand fan and alternative designs were evaluated. The findings showed that redesign of product in environmental perspective could reduce environmental impact.