SUSTAINABLE LIFE CYCLE ENGINEERING OF AN INTEGRATED DESKTOP

‘SUSTAINABLE LIFE CYCLE ENGINEERING OF AN INTEGRATED DESKTOP PC; A SME PERSPECTIVE’ A Review presented by Ricky O’Brien FITZPATRICK, C. , HICKEY, S. , SCHISCHKE, K. , MAHER, P.

PC Lifecycle from a SME perspective

Encouraging Environmental Actions During Product Life Cycle

Case Study: iameco Mitigating ‘upstream impacts’ by ensuring a long and productive usage phase

Product Features � Housing – Oak, with stainless steel frame Easy to refurbish, emotionally durable, made from FSC certified renewable forests, cheaper than plastic moulds and suitable for small production run � Motherboard – Intel with Inter dual core D 510 processor

Product Features contd. � Hard Drive – Solid State Drive (SSD) lifetime extension, lower read/write latency times, higher mechanical reliability, fast random access for reading data � Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) backlights � Touch control keyboard/mouse saves on raw materials and energy.

Disassemble assessment Design aspects critically assembled � Component accessibility � Design for repair and upgradability � Demountability � Stability of value and associated criteria Marked out of 5 – most scoring 4/5 or 5/5.

Disassembly to WEEE components in 3 minutes 39 seconds

Additional Service Offering � Maintenance, repair and upgrades supports a long life � Build a relationship with customer – get PC back from customer in good time for refurbishment, etc. � Guaranteed buy back/trade in service – encourages return of PC at end of use

To Summarise…. . SME have little effect on upstream activities – ‘conflict minerals, design of main components � They can influence downstream activities � Promote long lifetime with the original user � Facilitate refurbishment and re-use � Ease of disassembly � Contains minimal valueless fractions at end of life �