Sustainable systems theory: ecological and other aspects

Identifying and Prioritizing Ecodesign Key Factors for the Automotive Industry

“…Finally, the overall performance of the company in relation to the practice of ecodesign was determined. It is understood that this work contributes to further development of performance indicators associated with the ecodesign, complementing the exposed by Cabezas et al (2005) and Svensson et al (2006). The key performance indicators could be related to items included in ecodesign practice with a greater degree of importance.…”

“…An analysis of the performance of ecodesign is also contributive in this subject. Authors such as Cabezas et al (2005) and Svensson e t a l . ( 2 0 0 6 ) h a v e b e e n w o r k i n g o n t h e development of performance indicators associated to ecodesign; they highlight, however, there is no common sense to that matter.…”

Avaliação da presença de práticas do Design for Environment (DfE) no desenvolvimento de produto de uma empresa da indústria química

“…Entende-se que este trabalho contribui para o posterior desenvolvimento de indicadores de desempenho associados ao DfE, complementando o exposto por Cerdan et al (2009), Cabezas et al (2005, Svensson et al (2006) e Daub (2007. Os principais indicadores de desempenho poderiam estar relacionados com os itens do DfE inseridos nas práticas com maior grau de importância.…”

“…Autores como Cerdan et al (2009), Cabezas et al (2005, Svensson et al (2006) e Daub (2007 têm trabalhado no desenvolvimento de indicadores de desempenho associados ao DfE; destacam, entretanto, que não há consenso quanto a esse tópico. Apesar de frequentemente se verificar a presença do tema desempenho ambiental na literatura (SELLITTO; PEREIRA, 2010;ZOBEL et al, 2002;PEGADO, 2006), até quanto se pesquisou, não foram observadas publicações que tratem de definir, modelar ou avaliar o desempenho de práticas assumidas como DfE.…”

Sustainable System Modelling for Urban Development Using Distributed Agencies

“…The concept of sustainability applies to the systems composed of human beings and nature. The structures and functionality of the human component in terms of society, economy, and rights among others should be such that they self-enforce and promote the persistence of the structures and functionality of the natural components-such as the ecosystem, biodiversity and biogeochemical cycles-and vice versa Cabezas et al (2005). Therefore, one of the research challenges on sustainability resides in the link between the form of functioning of the ecosystems towards the structures and the functionality of the associated social system.…”