Environmental assessment of products. Volume 1-Methodology, tools, and case studies in product development. By Henrik Wenzel, Michael Hauschild and Leo Alting, Chapman & Hall, London, UK, US $ 150, UK £ 85 ISBN 0 412 80800 5

Metaphors have successfully been used by new product development and design teams to help frame the design situation and communicate new products to stakeholders. Yet, the process of finding a compelling metaphor often turns upon stumbling upon it or a flash of insight from a team member. We present Meta4acle: a Metaphor Exploration Tool for design that suggests possible metaphors to make the process more one of ‘seeking out’ than ‘stumbling upon’ an effective metaphor. The tool takes data about the project in the form of a title, domain and key associations required of the metaphor and returns suggestions from a database of possible metaphor sources. We built a Meta4acle prototype and evaluated it with positive results for three existing design case studies. We present plans for its full implementation and evaluation.

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ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF A HEALTH TECHNOLOGY: A SCOPING REVIEW

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care ◽

10.1017/s0266462318000351 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 34 (3) ◽

pp. 317-326 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Julie Polisena ◽

Gino De Angelis ◽

David Kaunelis ◽

Mackenzie Shaheen ◽

Iñaki Gutierrez-Ibarluzea

Keyword(s):

Environmental Impact ◽

Impact Assessment ◽

Case Studies ◽

Environmental Impact Assessment ◽

Environmental Assessment ◽

Literature Search ◽

Health Technology ◽

Data Availability ◽

Weight Of Evidence ◽

Health Technologies

Introduction:The Health Technology Expert Review Panel is an advisory body to Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH) that develops recommendations on health technology assessments (HTAs) for nondrug health technologies using a deliberative framework. The framework spans several domains, including the environmental impact of the health technology(ies). Our research objective was to identify articles on frameworks, methods or case studies on the environmental impact assessment of health technologies.Methods:A literature search in major databases and a focused gray literature search were conducted. The main search concepts were HTA and environmental impact/sustainability. Eligible articles were those that described a conceptual framework or methods used to conduct an environmental assessment of health technologies, and case studies on the application of an environmental assessment.Results:From the 1,710 citations identified, thirteen publications were included. Two articles presented a framework to incorporate environmental assessment in HTAs. Other approaches described weight of evidence practices and comprehensive and integrated environmental impact assessments. Central themes derived include transparency and repeatability, integration of components in a framework or of evidence into a single outcome, data availability to ensure the accuracy of findings, and familiarity with the approach used.Conclusions:Each framework and methods presented have different foci related to the ecosystem, health economics, or engineering practices. Their descriptions suggested transparency, repeatability, and the integration of components or of evidence into a single outcome as their main strengths. Our review is an initial step of a larger initiative by CADTH to develop the methods and processes to address the environmental impact question in an HTA.

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Sustainability and New Product Development: Five Exploratory Case Studies in the Automotive Industry

Social and Environmental Dimensions of Organizations and Supply Chains ◽

10.1007/978-3-319-59587-0_13 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 211-232 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Harald Gmelin ◽

Stefan Seuring

Keyword(s):

Product Development ◽

Case Studies ◽

New Product Development ◽

Automotive Industry ◽

New Product ◽

Exploratory Case Studies

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Value of Adaptation of Methodologies Between Different Knowledge Areas

Technology Management in Organizational and Societal Contexts - Advances in Educational Technologies and Instructional Design ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-5279-6.ch010 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 221-248

Author(s):

Eduardo Manchado-Pérez ◽

Ignacio López-Forniés ◽

Luis Berges-Muro

Keyword(s):

Product Development ◽

Learning Outcomes ◽

Case Studies ◽

Graphic Design ◽

Industrial Design ◽

Project Based Learning ◽

Engineering Degree ◽

First Moment ◽

University Degree ◽

Shared Context

Project-based learning (PBL) is a powerful tool for teaching that helps students to get the best in terms of ratio effort/learning outcomes, especially in studies with a very practical basis, such as university degree studies in engineering. A way of getting even more out of this is by means of the adaptation of methodologies from different knowledge areas, because this allows the launch of innovative ways of working with certain guarantees of success from the very first moment, and at the same time to integrate skills from different fields within a shared context. Furthermore, it helps to put into practice some transversal competences, which are very useful for future professionals. The chapter also includes some case studies on the successful adaptation of different methodologies coming from different fields such as graphic design, biology, and social sciences in the context of a university engineering degree in industrial design and product development.

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