A Holistic and Sustainable View on the Product Creation Process for Mechatronic Systems

Nowadays sustainability is an important factor in the design and production of mechatronic systems, especially the environmental aspects which will bemainly defined in the development phase and influence the whole later life cycle. This chapter gives an overview of the main approaches like life cycle assessment (LCA) or related key performance indicators (KPIs) and considers their relevance to mechatronic design. Therefore, some methods for the early design phases arepresented based on the well-known approaches V-model and design structurematrix.