Design for Environmental Sustainability is a technical and operative contribution to the United Nations ‘Decade on Education for Sustainable Development’ (2005-2014), aiding the development of a new generation of designers, responsible and able in the task of designing environmentally sustainable products. This book provides a comprehensive framework and a practical tool to support the design process. The book offers an organic vision of methodologies, tools and strategies for the integration of environmental requirements into product development. Possible strategies and design guidelines are highlighted, accompanied by a large selection of high-quality environmentally-aware product design case studies. Divided into four parts, the first part covers environmental sustainability and presents the general guidelines that can be followed to reach it. Provides a comprehensive supporting framework and a practical tool for the process of designing environmentally sustainable products INDICE: Sustainability and discontinuity.- Products, contexts and capacities.- A social learning process.- Life cycle design.- Minimising resource consumption.- Select low impact resources and processes.- Product lifetime optimisation.- Extending the lifespan of materials.- Facilitating disassembly.- Systemdesign for eco-efficiency.- Environmental complexity and design activity.- Estimating environmental impact of products: life cycle assessment.- Environmentally sustainable design-orientated tools.- Evolution of sustainability in design research and practice.
- ISBN: 978-1-84800-162-6
- Editorial: Springer
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 320
- Fecha Publicación: 01/05/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés