Identifying Improvement Opportunities in Product Design for Reducing Energy Consumption

Marcin Relich (), Arkadiusz Gola and Małgorzata Jasiulewicz-Kaczmarek
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Marcin Relich: Faculty of Economics and Management, University of Zielona Gora, 65-417 Zielona Gora, Poland
Arkadiusz Gola: Department of Production Computerisation and Robotisation, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Lublin University of Technology, 20-618 Lublin, Poland
Małgorzata Jasiulewicz-Kaczmarek: Faculty of Management Engineering, Poznan University of Technology, 60-965 Poznan, Poland

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 24, 1-19

Abstract: The paper is concerned with predicting energy consumption in the production and product usage stages and searching for possible changes in product design to reduce energy consumption. The prediction of energy consumption uses parametric models based on regression analysis and artificial neural networks. In turn, simulations related to the identification of improvement opportunities for reducing energy consumption are performed using a constraint programming technique. The results indicate that the use of artificial neural networks improves the quality of an estimation model. Moreover, constraint programming enables the identification of all possible solutions to a constraint satisfaction problem, if there are any. These solutions support R&D specialists in identifying possibilities for reducing energy consumption through changes in product specifications. The proposed approach is dedicated to products related to high-cost energy use, which can be manufactured, for example, by companies belonging to the household appliance industry.

Keywords: energy consumption; energy cost; new product development; product design; sustainable development; systems modeling and simulation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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