scholarly journals An Audio-visual Approach to Teaching the Social Aspects of Sustainable Product Design

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Alan Watkins
Keyword(s):  
Product Design ◽  
Design Thinking ◽  
Learning Preferences ◽  
Social Aspects ◽  
Net Generation ◽  
Sustainable Product Design ◽  
Postgraduate Students ◽  
The Social ◽  
Sustainable Product ◽  
The Impact

This paper considers the impact of audio-visual resources in enabling students to develop an understanding of the social aspects of sustainable product design. Building on literature con­cern­ing the learning preferences of ‘Net Generation’ learners, three audio-visual workshops were developed to introduce students to the wider social aspects of sustainability and encour­age students to reflect upon the impact of their practice. The workshops were delivered in five universities in Britain and Ireland among undergraduate and postgraduate students. They were designed to encourage students to reflect upon carefully designed audio-visual materials in a group-based environment, seeking to foster the preferences of Net Generation learners through collaborative learning and learning through discovery. It also sought to address the perceived weaknesses of this generation of learners by encouraging critical reflection. The workshops proved to be popular with students and were successful in enabling them to grasp the complexity of the social aspects of sustainable design in a short span of time, as well as in encouraging personal responses and creative problem solving through an exploration of design thinking solutions.

scholarly journals Preparing the way for mainstream sustainable product design

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vicky Lofthouse
Keyword(s):  
Product Design ◽  
Design Thinking ◽  
Sustainable Design ◽  
Educational Setting ◽  
Actual Situation ◽  
Design Practice ◽  
Sustainable Product Design ◽  
Next Generation ◽  
Sustainable Product ◽  
Design Students

This paper proposes that there is a need to prepare undergraduate design students to be responsible practitioners when they enter the workplace. The multi-faceted approach adopted by the Design School at Loughborough University to achieve this is presented. The paper outlines and reflects on the differences between the idealistic environment provided within an educational setting and the actual situation in the design industry, where there is little evidence of mainstream sustainable design practice. The paper concludes that it is valuable to provide students with a range of skills that support sustainable design thinking, even if they are not currently required by the design industry because doing so turns the students into informed individuals with the potential to lead the next generation of design practitioners.

A Conceptual Model for Sustainable Product Design

2013 ◽  
Vol 572 ◽  
pp. 3-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Awanis Romli ◽  
Paul Prickett ◽  
Rossitza Setchi ◽  
Shwe Shoe
Keyword(s):  
Product Design ◽  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Design Model ◽  
Quality Analysis ◽  
Sustainable Product Design ◽  
Product Usage ◽  
Sustainable Product ◽  
Decision Making Model ◽  
The Impact

This paper proposes a conceptual model to support sustainable product design. The approach develops an integrated multimodal decision making model which is to be introduced early in the design process, as the basis for the integration of the life cycle assessment into an Eco-design model. The model, which is based upon an adapted “House of Quality” analysis, supports designers when assessing the environmental impact of the product design. The resulting Eco-design model evaluates the sustainability of the designed product using criteria that consider the impact of manufacturing process, product usage and end-of-life (EoL) disposal strategy. This approach is demonstrated using a case study that considers the design of a set of crocodile medical forceps, in which the redesign of a new forceps is undertaken by considering all the parameters in the Eco-design model.

Design for Disassembly Method As Sustainable Product Evaluation Tool: Example of Underground Escalator

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Devdas Shetty ◽  
Jiajun Xu
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Product Design ◽  
Sustainable Design ◽  
Product Evaluation ◽  
Drive System ◽  
Sustainable Product Design ◽  
Original Design ◽  
Design For Disassembly ◽  
Sustainable Product ◽  
The Impact

Sustainable design and manufacturing considers a product’s full life cycle and the impact that its design, manufacture, use, and retirement can have not only on business but also the environment and society. Designers are becoming steadily aware of this problem, and are employing techniques that allow them to design with greater responsibility – Sustainable Product Design; in particular, the Design for Disassembly (DFD) is recommended as a technique of sustainable product design. In the case of a durable good with a long-life cycle or a product with parts subject to wear, maintainability/serviceability may be more important than initial product acquisition cost, and the product must be designed for easy maintenance. The DFD principles identify the ease with which products can be fabricated, maintained, serviced, and recycled. This paper examines and identifies a “Rating Chart” technique which can be used to evaluate DFD. It is demonstrated through a case study of underground escalator housing, in which different types of failure modes and defects occur in the major components of escalator drive systems, such as the motor and its drive chain system, handrail and its drive system, bearings/lubrication systems that are in adjunct with the bearing shaft assembly. Through the Rating Chart method proposed for DFD, the deficiency of the original design of escalator drive system was accessed and compared with the proposed sustainable design approach, in which the product maintainability can be significantly improved and the maintenance time can be greatly reduced. The paper concludes by showing the importance of sustainable product design for products working under extreme working conditions.

scholarly journals Integration between Green Quality Function Deployment, Modularity Concept and Life Cycle Assessment Toward Sustainable Product Design

2018 ◽  
Vol 159 ◽  
pp. 02070
Author(s):  
Heru Prastawa ◽  
Sri Hartini ◽  
Mohamat Anshori ◽  
Siechara Hans ◽  
Christoper Wimba
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Product Design ◽  
Quality Function Deployment ◽  
Sustainable Manufacturing ◽  
Sustainable Product Design ◽  
Quality Function ◽  
Technical Parameters ◽  
Sustainable Product ◽  
The Impact

The design phase is recognized as a key phase in the application of sustainable manufacturing concepts. Green Quality Function Deployment (GQFD) and modularity play an important role in product design. Green Quality Function Deployment produces technical parameters that represent the needs of consumers while taking into account environmental aspects. Modularity benefits manufacturing and flexibility in facing adjustments and changes. Integration of GQFD and modularity is expected to generate synergistic gains from both. The results are measured by life cycle assessment (LCA) to determine the impact of the product on the environment. This study shows that GQFD, modularity and LCA integration in realizing sustainable product design is worthy of consideration. The case study was conducted with the fan because the product is very needed in the tropics, such as Indonesia.

scholarly journals Sustainable Tourism Product Development: An Application of Product Design Concepts

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (14) ◽  
pp. 7957
Author(s):  
Marco Haid ◽  
Julia N. Albrecht
Keyword(s):  
Product Design ◽  
Sustainable Tourism ◽  
Sustainable Product Design ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Design Concepts ◽  
Design For Sustainability ◽  
Tourism Product ◽  
German Speaking ◽  
Multiple Characteristics ◽  
Sustainable Product

This study examines sustainable tourism products in tourism destinations. Based on concepts of sustainable product design, our study proposes a framework for sustainable tourism products by adapting an existing Design for Sustainability Framework to consider and analyze the characteristics and themes of sustainable (tourism) products as well as their impact and scope. Using a pragmatic qualitative approach, 15 semi-structured interviews with destination managers from the German-speaking Alpine region formed the empirical basis of the study. The results emphasize key themes and multiple characteristics associated with sustainable tourism products in tourist destinations, addressing all sustainability components and design innovation levels. This study is the first to apply existing sustainable product design concepts to destination contexts and discuss their applicability for sustainable tourism products. For practitioners, this study provides support for the development of sustainable tourism products and contributes to a better understanding of the effects and levels of these products as well as sustainability marketing.

scholarly journals Metrics for Measuring Sustainable Product Design Concepts

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (12) ◽  
pp. 3469
Author(s):  
Ji Han ◽  
Pingfei Jiang ◽  
Peter R. N. Childs
Keyword(s):  
Product Design ◽  
End Of Life ◽  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Conceptual Design ◽  
Design Stage ◽  
Sustainable Product Design ◽  
Early Design ◽  
Design Concepts ◽  
Concept Evaluation ◽  
Sustainable Product

Although products can contribute to ecosystems positively, they can cause negative environmental impacts throughout their life cycles, from obtaining raw material, production, and use, to end of life. It is reported that most negative environmental impacts are decided at early design phases, which suggests that the determination of product sustainability should be considered as early as possible, such as during the conceptual design stage, when it is still possible to modify the design concept. However, most of the existing concept evaluation methods or tools are focused on assessing the feasibility or creativity of the concepts generated, lacking the measurements of sustainability of concepts. The paper explores key factors related to sustainable design with regard to environmental impacts, and describes a set of objective measures of sustainable product design concept evaluation, namely, material, production, use, and end of life. The rationales of the four metrics are discussed, with corresponding measurements. A case study is conducted to demonstrate the use and effectiveness of the metrics for evaluating product design concepts. The paper is the first study to explore the measurement of product design sustainability focusing on the conceptual design stage. It can be used as a guideline to measure the level of sustainability of product design concepts to support designers in developing sustainable products. Most significantly, it urges the considerations of sustainability design aspects at early design phases, and also provides a new research direction in concept evaluation regarding sustainability.

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