Design for environmental sustainability : life cycle design of products /: life cycle design of products. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Carlo Vezzoli.
• Authors: Vezzoli, Carlo
• Contents: Intro; Preface and Acknowledgements; Contents; About the Author; Introduction; Frame of Reference; 1 Sustainability and Discontinuity; 1.1 Sustainable Development; 1.1.1 Introduction of the Concept in the International Agenda; 1.2 Sustainability Dimensions; 1.2.1 The Environmental Dimension; 1.2.2 The Socio-ethical Dimension; 1.2.3 The Economic Dimension; 1.3 Sustainability: A Call for Radical Change; 1.3.1 The Magnitude of Change; 1.3.2 The Quality of Change; 1.4 The Paths to Sustainability; 1.4.1 Industrialised, Medium and Low-Income Contexts; 1.4.2 The European Agenda for Sustainability 2 Evolution of Sustainability in Design Research and Practice2.1 Evolution of Sustainability in Design; 2.2 Low-Impact Resources Selection; 2.3 Product Life Cycle Design; 2.4 Product-Service System Design for Eco-Efficiency; 2.5 Design for Social Equity and Cohesion; 2.6 Aesthetics for Sustainability; 2.7 State of the Art; Design for Environmental Sustainability; 3 Life Cycle Design; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Environmental Requirements of Industrial Products; 3.3 Product Life Cycle System; 3.3.1 Pre-Production; 3.3.2 Production; 3.3.3 Distribution; 3.3.4 Use; 3.3.5 Disposal 3.3.6 Additional Life Cycles3.4 Functional (Unit) Approach; 3.5 Life Cycle Design; 3.5.1 Life Cycle Design Objectives; 3.6 Implications of Life Cycle Design; 3.6.1 The Design Approach; 3.7 Strategies of Life Cycle Design; 3.7.1 Priorities Among the Strategies; 3.8 State of Art of Life Cycle Design; 4 Minimising Material Consumption; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Minimise Material Content of a Product; 4.3 Minimise Scraps and Discards; 4.4 Minimise or Avoid Packaging; 4.5 Minimise Material Consumption During Usage; 4.6 Adopt Flexible Material Consumption Systems (During Use) 4.7 Minimise Material Consumption During the Product Development Phase5 Minimising Energy Consumption; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Minimise Energy for Pre-production and Production; 5.3 Minimise Energy Consumption During Transportation and Storage; 5.4 Select the Most Efficient Energy Consumption Systems During Use; 5.5 Enable a Variable Consumption of Energy to Follow Demand Fluctuations; 5.6 Minimise Energy Consumption During Product Development; 6 Minimising Resources Toxicity and Harmfulness; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Selection of Non-toxic and Harmless Materials 6.3 Select Non-toxic and Harmless Energy Resources7 Optimising Resources Renewability and Biocompatibility; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Selecting Renewable and Biocompatible Materials; 7.3 Selecting Renewable and Biocompatible Energy Resources; 8 Product Lifetime Optimisation; 8.1 Useful Lifetime; 8.2 Why Design Long-Lasting Products; 8.3 Why Design Intensely Utilised Products; 8.4 Social and Economic Dimensions of Changes; 8.5 Life Cycle Services; 8.6 Guidelines; 8.7 Designing for Appropriate Lifespan; 8.8 Designing for Reliability; 8.9 Facilitating Upgrading and Adaptability
• Publisher Details: London, United Kingdom : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 670; Engineering; Sustainable design; Industrial design -- Environmental aspects; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Industrial Engineering; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Industrial Technology; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Manufacturing; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades; Industrial design -- Environmental aspects; Sustainable design; Engineering; Engineering Design; Sustainability Management; Operations Management; Manufacturing, Machines, Tools; Industrial Pollution Prevention; Business & Economics -- Development -- Sustainable Development; Business & Economics -- Production & Operations Management; Technology & Engineering -- Manufacturing; Science -- Environmental Science; Business & the environment, 'Green' approaches to business; Management of specific areas; Tool making; Pollution control; Engineering design; Production management; Machinery; Environmental pollution; Technology & Engineering -- Industrial Design -- Product; Technical design; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781447173649; 1447173643
• Related ISBNs: 9781447173632
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed April 16, 2018).
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