A Simplified Model to Include Dynamic Product‐User Interaction in the Eco‐Design Process

Serna-Mansoux, Livier; Popoff, Alexandre; Millet, Dominique

doi:10.1111/jiec.12160

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“…In view of the study's results, two main strategies could be promoted to minimize the environmental impact of a public urban charging network for E2Ws. One strategy consists of promoting the application of eco‐design and eco‐innovation principles (e.g., Sanyé‐Mengual et al ; Serna‐Mansoux et al ; Shuaib et al 2014; Tambouratzis et al 2014). The design of the charging facilities should be optimized by reducing the amount of materials used per available socket and/or by using more environmentally friendly primary materials.…”

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Environmental Impact of Public Charging Facilities for Electric Two‐Wheelers

Mendoza¹,

Josa²,

Rieradevall³

et al. 2015

J of Industrial Ecology

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The environmental characterization of the charging infrastructure required to operate electric vehicles (EVs) is usually overlooked in the literature. Only rudimentary life cycle inventories of EV charging facilities are available. This lack of information is especially noticeable in environmental studies of the environmental performance of electric two-wheelers (E2Ws), none of which have included an analysis of charging facilities, even though they constitute the most successful electric-drive market in the world. This article focuses on characterizing the life cycle of the global warming potential (GWP) and primary energy demand (PED) of two conventional charging facility designs that are widely implemented for charging E2Ws in public spaces. The relative environmental relevance of charging facilities per kilowatt-hour (kWh) supplied to E2Ws is determined by considering a range of use scenarios (variability in the service ratio) and the effect of upgrading the electricity mix to include more renewable energy sources. Savings of over 3 metric tons (tonnes) of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions and 56 equivalent gigajoules can be achieved by implementing an optimized charging facility design. The internalization of the relative environmental burden from the charging facility per kWh supplied to E2Ws can increase the GWP of E2Ws' use phase from 1% to 20% and the PED from 1% to 13%. Although the article focuses on one particular case scenario, the research is intended to provide complementary criteria for further research on the life cycle management of electric mobility systems. Thus, a series of factors that can influence the environmental performance of EV charging networks at the macro scale are discussed. Keywords:charging infrastructure electric vehicles electricity mix global warming potential industrial ecology life cycle assessment Supporting information is available on the JIE Web site

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Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Environmental Impact of Public Charging Facilities for Electric Two‐Wheelers

Mendoza¹,

Josa²,

Rieradevall³

et al. 2015

J of Industrial Ecology

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“…First, such a product encompasses the needs of a large variety of users [18]. Second, the interactive aspect, as it creates a dynamic relation with the user, allows an active influence of the product on the user's behaviour [12]. Hence, making products more interactive should permit guiding large user segments towards better usage practices while involving them in the process; thus making the change more durable and accepted.…”

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confidence: 98%

“…Our definition of the UED concept is based on a previous research conducted by Serna et al [12]. Here, the UED concept takes into account both "real-time environmental impacts" (REI) (due to overconsumptions) and "delayed environmental impacts" (DEI) (due to abnormal wear and tear) [5].…”

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Development of usage models for the ecodesign of products: the concept of usage ecodrift

Popoff

Millet

Pialot

2016

Int J Interact Des Manuf

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Usage ecodrifts, which refer to non-optimal use of a product by the users, create additional environmental impact generators: energy overconsumption (real-time impacts) and abnormal wear and tear of parts of the product (delayed impacts). The goal of this study is to demonstrate that these Usage EcoDrifts must be taken into account during the design stage to better the environmental performance of the use phase of the product. In this paper, we study the case of different usages of a vacuum cleaner and their environmental consequences. We first conducted a survey to gather information on how people use the product. Then, we conducted experimentations to measure the consequences of the usages. We also explored how the testers responded to feedback inviting them to adopt a more sustainable behaviour. Results show that most of the users do not use the product optimally and cause additional environmental impact. Several usage ecodrifts were identified, causing both abnormal energy overconsumption and wear and tear of the product. The calculations show that delayed environmental impacts, because their consequence is the early replacement of the whole product, are of much greater importance than realtime environmental impacts.

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“…Further, the impact often depends very much on how the product is used and maintained. Therefore, in their article, Serna‐Mansoux and colleagues () look at the product‐user interaction and at design strategies influencing consumer behavior during the use stage. To steer the behavior of the user, additional product features, such as labels or displays, can be used.…”

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confidence: 99%