1Dr. Andrius Plepys, IIIEEAcknowledgments: Dr. Mrten Karlsson, IIIEE/LU, Dr. Conrad Luttorpp, KTH

Design for EnvironmentDesign for EnvironmentPrinciples and examplesPrinciples and examples

Eco-design -- A palette of buzzwords:

Design for EnvironmentEcological design

Environmental Design

Environmentally Oriented Design

EcologicallyEcologically OrientedOriented DesignDesign

Environmentally Responsible Design

Socially Responsible Design Sustainable Product Design

Sustainable Product Development

Green DesignGreen Design

Life-cycle Design Dematerialisation

Eco-efficiency

Biodesign

Design and values

functional value

immaterial value

immaterial value

functional value

Some products are dominated by functionality other by decoration glamour etc.

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Environmental Products?

Environmentally improvedproducts? (Eco-products)

Product design and the place of eco

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Example: eco-design trade-offs for a car

ManufacturingCost

Safety

FuelEffeciency

Environment

Cargo/Space

Power

RoadHandling

Other Stuff

Looks

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2WHY ECO-DESIGN?Costs

Market / sales

Legislation, liability

Company image

Original: prof. Thomas Lindhgvist, IIIEE/Lund University, Sweden

Cleaner MaterialCleaner Processes

Less MaterialEnergy Saving (Use)Facilitate Recycling

Long LifeFunctionality

Efficient DistributionFacilitate Clean Consumption

DFE Principles

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EcoEco--design examplesdesign examples

ClosureClosureremainsremains

DidDid you you knowknow it is it is ecoeco--designdesign??

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Design for disassembly

30 seconds 30 minutes

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3DfEDfE: : monomono--material design for recyclingmaterial design for recycling

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reduction of packaging varietyreduction of packaging variety

Dosage principles:

Container principles:

Morphology:

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DfEDfE: : modularmodular desingdesing for for reducedreduced consumptionconsumption

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DfEDfE: : material recycling and innovationmaterial recycling and innovation

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DfEDfE: solar energy: solar energybut it depends but it depends (LCA)(LCA)

The non-ecological lunch on short-distance flightsNecessity, luxury or image branding?

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4Cleaner user phase

Surface coatings --Shiny or not?

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Coated surfaces for less maintenance

Nano-tech: means for eco-design

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LessMaterial

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EnergySaving

Steam Iron withPower Management

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Mercury switchesfor energy saving?

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Manually powered toys

5When we wash our hands the waste water is saved for the next flushing

Logical solutions

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DfEDfE: system innovation: system innovation

It can all be separated toilets from Ekologen (Sweden)

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DfEDfE examplesexamplesDryDry toiletstoilets

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DfEDfE: : natural cottonnatural cotton

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DfEDfE: : recycling with product innovationrecycling with product innovation

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DfEDfE: : dosage for rational consumptiondosage for rational consumption

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6DfE DfE recycled materialrecycled material

The use of renevablematerials for consumergoods

e.g. telephone

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DfE DfE -- multifunctionalitymultifunctionality

Bi-functionalpackaging for motor oil

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Car pools when several families own one car together is more and more common

Service solutions

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