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An Eco-Knowledge Tool to Support Eco-Design Implementation Inside Design Departments

Part of: Responsible Design

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 July 2019

Marta Rossi ,
Claudio Favi ,
Anna Costanza Russo  and
Michele Germani
Marta Rossi*
Affiliation:
Università Politecnica delle Marche - Department of Industrial Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, via Brecce Bianche 12, 60131 Ancona, Italy;
Claudio Favi
Affiliation:
Università degli Studi di Parma - Department of Engineering and Architecture, Parco Area delle Scienze 181/A, Parma, Italy
Anna Costanza Russo
Affiliation:
Università Politecnica delle Marche - Department of Industrial Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, via Brecce Bianche 12, 60131 Ancona, Italy;
Michele Germani
Affiliation:
Università Politecnica delle Marche - Department of Industrial Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, via Brecce Bianche 12, 60131 Ancona, Italy;
*
Contact: Rossi, Marta, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Department of Industrial Engineering and Mathematical Sciences Italy, marta.rossi@univpm.it

Abstract

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In last years, an increasing attention on environmental matters is registered. Companies face environmental matters to increase the environmental performances of their products, forced by numerous legislations, normative and protocols and induced to the growing attention of consumers toward environmentally friendly products. However, observing the industrial context, it emerges there are several barriers for implementation of eco-design strategies inside design departments. The paper presents a tool which aims at both providing a basic guide on environmental sustainability issues and favouring the knowledge sharing among the different actors of the product design process. The core of the tool is a repository in which company materials, organized and collected in different forms, are collected. The repository contains several parts: training, guidelines, knowledge and milestone, accordingly to the type, structure and form of materials stored. The eco-design tool functions, structure, and workflow are presented and then preliminary test cases are described.

Keywords

EcodesignSustainabilityDesign engineering
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Proceedings of the Design Society: International Conference on Engineering Design , Volume 1 , Issue 1 , July 2019 , pp. 3151 - 3160
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