NDLI: Principles of Green Design: Analyzing User Activities and Product Feedback

Content Provider	The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Digital Collection
Author	Esposito, Nicole Linsey, Julie
Copyright Year	2012
Abstract	This study investigated the design principles applicable to environmentally friendly product design. An experimental approach was taken to examine principles that aid designers in producing an eco-friendly product that consumers will enjoy and use. Another important aspect to this study was to determine whether a user’s positive environmental attitude or a willingness to change for the environment relates to environmentally responsible behavior. Two hypotheses were developed for successful eco-friendly products and then appropriate products were purchased and modified to test these hypotheses. The activity hypothesis claims that if a product adds user activities, is less likely to be used. The feedback hypothesis states that a product that gives clear feedback is more likely to be used than a product that does not. Student participants took home products to use for one week, recorded each time they used the products, and then completed surveys afterword. For the activity hypothesis, we supposed that the product not adding user activities would be used more than the product adding activities. However, the experimental results have shown that this may not always be the case. For the feedback hypothesis, we speculated that visual reminder feedback and energy savings feedback both increase product usage. An increase in eco-friendly product usage would lead to a lessened negative impact that products are having on our environment. Experimental results indicate that there were errors in the experimental design, but these problems also aid in future work for this research.
Sponsorship	Design Engineering Division Computers and Information in Engineering Division
Starting Page	455
Ending Page	464
Page Count	10
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9780791845042
DOI	10.1115/DETC2012-71197
Volume Number	Volume 5: 6th International Conference on Micro- and Nanosystems; 17th Design for Manufacturing and the Life Cycle Conference
Conference Proceedings	ASME 2012 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference
Language	English
Publisher Date	2012-08-12
Publisher Place	Chicago, Illinois, USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	Design Errors Green design Students Feedback Experimental design Product design
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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