Integrate design structure matrix with carbon footprint for product low carbon design

Abstract

Product low-carbon design plays a significant part in reducing carbon footprint during the product life cycle. This paper proposed Design Structure Matrix integrated with Carbon Footprint (DSM-CF) to design for low carbon footprint. After the carbon footprint for product life cycle is discussed in detail, the DSM-CF is also proposed. The construction, decomposition and clustering algorithm of DSM-CF model is then put forward in detail. The impact of the carbon footprint of each design task on the entire product life cycle is analyzed, which could effectively reduce the carbon footprint of products. At the end of this paper, the DSM-CF model of the hand rehabilitation robot system is established to verify the effectiveness of the model.