Research perspectives in ecodesign

Kim, Hyung Min; Cluzel, François; Leroy, Yann; Yannou, Bernard; Bertoluci, Gwenola

doi:10.1017/dsj.2020.5

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“…In recent years, more and more industry case studies have emerged that relate in some way to design for sustainability within engineering design have been identified. Recent analysis of some of these across a number of industrial sectors identified five key issues that they address, resource use, lifespan, understanding use, integrating data and defining system boundaries (Kim et al 2020) illustrating that a largely incremental approach has been adopted to date. Whilst these only represent a subset of the issues that design for sustainability is concerned with it does show the direction of travel.…”

Section: The Engineering Design Response To Sustainable Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Thirty years of design for sustainability: an evolution of research, policy and practice

Bhamra

Hernández

2021

Des. Sci.

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This paper builds on the lead author’s keynote address to the Design Society’s 22nd International Conference on Engineering Design in 2019, and in doing so provides a personal perspective on the development of the field of design for sustainability. It begins by describing some of the history of the research from the late 1980s until the present day. This is followed by an analysis of the way in which design for sustainability has been reflected within the International Conference on Engineering Design over the last 30 years, highlighting the way in which the focus has shifted over this time from a focus on recycling and end of life to today where sustainability is playing a leading role in the research. The analysis compares the evolution of the subject with the wider policy and practice perspectives linked to global recognition of the need to move towards Sustainable Development. Finally, the paper reflects on the lessons to be learned from this work and their implications for design research illustrating that engineering design has an opportunity to take more leadership within design for sustainability research and use this to enable change within industry.

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Section: The Engineering Design Response To Sustainable Developmentmentioning

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Thirty years of design for sustainability: an evolution of research, policy and practice

Bhamra

Hernández

2021

Des. Sci.

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“…Recent surveys identified over 600 unique eco-design tools or methods [7,8]. These eco-design, circular or sustainable design, and other "design for X" approaches have been developed and extensively reviewed by scholars [9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18]. They include a broad variety of practices, including multi-step methods, software tools, simple activities, broad mindsets, and checklists of goals; for inclusivity, this project refers to all of these practices as "sustainable design methods and tools" (SDMTs).…”

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“…Despite the proliferation of SDMTs through a wide variety of forms (guidelines, checklists, software, cards, mindsets, etc. ), their uptake by industry has been relatively low [11,[18][19][20].…”

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“…As digitalization becomes more ubiquitous, the amount of data, and data from many sources, need to be managed, sorted, and tracked for the product's life cycle [66]. Integrating data and analytics into design processes to facilitate product traceability and exchange data between stakeholders can drive system sustainability [18]. One example is the potential for integration of value and sustainability assessment in design space exploration by machine learning [67].…”

Section: Theme 13: Sdmt Digitalizationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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A Research Roadmap for Sustainable Design Methods and Tools

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Sustainable design methods and tools abound, but their implementation in practice remains marginal. This article brings together results from previous literature reviews and analyses of sustainable design methods and tools, as well as input from design researchers and professional practitioners to identify the needs and gaps in the area. It results in a shared vision of how sustainable design methods and tools can be more tightly integrated into mainstream product design and development, as well as the current state of practice and research in relation to four central questions: What are the needs and values of industry regarding sustainable design? What improvements in sustainable design methods and tools would most drive industry forward? How should researchers move forward with developing more useful sustainable design methods and tools? How can sustainable design be more effectively integrated into industry? A roadmap for the international sustainable design research community is proposed with descriptions of short-, medium-, and long-term tasks for addressing each question. The purpose is to support collective progress and discussions on method and tool development and adoption, and to enable more tangible success in mainstreaming sustainable design practices in industry.

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“…Within the past two decades, several literature reviews and research projects compiling knowledge on eco-design have been carried out. Some of the reviews focus on classifying the existing tools [9][10][11][12], while others are more focused on future trends of the tools [8,13]. However, literature is primarily concerned with eco-design in relation to product design and development.…”

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How Lack of Knowledge and Tools Hinders the Eco-Design of Buildings—A Systematic Review

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The building sector is responsible for extensive resource consumption and waste generation, resulting in high pressure on the environment. A way to potentially mitigate this is by including environmental considerations during building design through the concept known as eco-design. Despite the multiple available approaches of eco-design, the latter is not easily achieved in the building sector. The objective of this paper is to identify and discuss what barriers are currently hindering the implementation of eco-design in the building sector and by which measures building designers can include environmental considerations in their design process. Through a systematic literature review, several barriers to implementation were identified, the main ones being lack of suitable legislation, lack of knowledge amongst building designers, and lack of suitable tools for designers to use. Furthermore, two specific tools were identified that allow the inclusion of environmental consideration in building design, along with nine design strategies providing qualitative guidance on how to potentially minimize energy and material consumption, as well as waste generation. This paper contributes a holistic overview of the major barriers to and existing tools and method for the eco-design of buildings, and provides guidance for both future research and practice.

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Research perspectives in ecodesign

Cited by 27 publications

References 106 publications

Thirty years of design for sustainability: an evolution of research, policy and practice

Thirty years of design for sustainability: an evolution of research, policy and practice

A Research Roadmap for Sustainable Design Methods and Tools

How Lack of Knowledge and Tools Hinders the Eco-Design of Buildings—A Systematic Review

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