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COMBO WOOD
COMBO WHITE
COMBO BLACK
about.
Chairs COMBO designed and manufactured as part of a project “Integration of eco-design rules into the educational process of designers” supported by J.W. Fulbright Commission. The project was realized at the FNR Department at Purdue University IN, in the United States by Dr. Zuzana Toncikova, Dr. Eva Haviarova, and Ehsan Vahidi Movassagh. The main purpose of this project is to develop a simple, efficient and, as much as possible, a versatile methodical system for the life cycle assessment of simple products suitable for furniture designers. This study shows the difference between environmental impacts of basic material used in furniture production.
The outputs of a project should help students and designers to integrate eco-design procedures into the process of their creation as well as calculate the environmental impact of basic materials used in the furniture industry in different environmental categories.
The project methodology is based on the benchmarking of three chairs, which were designed and manufactured with a combination of different materials and production technologies. The quantitative LCA was made in LCA software SimaPro 8 with the Traci method.
COMBO WHITE
Meet The Team
Zuzana Toncikova
Zuzana, is an assistant professor in the Department of Furniture and Interior Design at Technical University in Zvolen, Slovakia. In 2016 she has been the Fulbright visiting scholar in the FNR Department at Purdue University where she is conducting a research project regarding the integration of eco-design rules into the designer´s educational process. She is responsible for teaching, research and design projects in areas of Furniture and Interior Design, Eco-design, Ergonomics and Biomimicry. She has published over 40 professional presentations. As a designer, she has been awarded at international competitions and exhibitions.
Contact: zuzana.toncikova@tuzvo.sk
Eva Haviarova
Eva is an associate professor of Wood
Products Engineering and Furniture Strength Design in the Department of Forestry and Natural Resources,
Purdue University. A 2000 alumni of Purdue University. Eva is responsible for teaching, research, and outreach. She is conducting research in areas of Furniture Strength Design, Sustainable Product Development, Design and Development of Low-Cost Furniture for
Underprivileged, Design of Light Timber Frame Structures, and Global Sustainability Issues. She has published 40 peer-reviewed publications and over 150 professional presentations. Through her outreach activities, she is working with forest products industry.
Dr. Haviarova is also a director of The Wood Research Laboratory at Purdue.
Contact: ehaviar@purdue.edu
Ehsan Vahidi Movassagh
Ehsan is PhD student. He has received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Materials Engineering, from Sharif University of Technology and the University of Tehran, respectively. After earning his second master's degree in Environmental Engineering from the University of South Florida, he has started his PhD program in Environmental and Ecological Engineering at Purdue University.His research Interests are recycling and Reuse, Materials Processing, Environment Friendly design, Life Cycle Assessment, Rare Earth Elements, Green Technology, Hydrometallurgy, Environmental Microbiology, Solid Waste Treatment and Metallurgical Processes.
contact: evahidim@purdue.edu