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In this era of industrialization, environmental impacts from the industries have become a significant concern. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a comprehensive tool that measure the environmental impact of different materials and products throughout different stages in a product lifecycle. This paper aims to explore the benefits and challenges of an air filter manufacturing industry in implementing LCA as a design tool in reducing its environmental impact. An in-depth interview was conducted with the case study industry to explore the opportunities that LCA present in the industry. Based on findings of the study, LCA is found to be an effective design tool for the case study organization where they were successfully able to improve their production process, reduce environmental impact from the product throughout the process lifecycle, established their product in the marketplace and etc. with some challenges to implement in the organization.
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The authors would like to thank International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) and the Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia for sponsoring this research under FRGS grant.
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Waasi, A.S.B., Sidek, A.A., Alias, A., Al Hazza, M.H. (2023). A Case Study on Exploring the Benefits and Challenges Influencing the Implementation of Life Cycle Assessment as a Design Tool in an Air Filter Manufacturing Industry. In: Maleque, M.A., Ahmad Azhar, A.Z., Sarifuddin, N., Syed Shaharuddin, S.I., Mohd Ali, A., Abdul Halim, N.F.H. (eds) Proceeding of 5th International Conference on Advances in Manufacturing and Materials Engineering. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-9509-5_74
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