Development of a design for the environment workbench software tool

Abstract

The research described in this thesis was developed as part of the Green Advisor for Concurrent Engineering (GACE) Project. The GACE Project was founded under the Applied Research Grants Scheme administered by Enterprise Ireland. The GACE project was a partnership project between Regional Technical College Galway and CIMRU University College Galway, AST Computers Ltd. in Limerick and CEL Ltd. in Tuam. The project aimed to develop an advisor framework for a computer aided design tool to aid designers make informed decisions regarding the environmental superiority of a product at its design stage.