NDLI: Mending broken promises in sustainable design

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Mending broken promises in sustainable design

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Author	Lobos, Alex
Copyright Year	2017
Description	Sustainable product design is effectively combining solutions that address environmental issues while elevating user experience and achieving success in the marketplace. A closer look at the effectiveness of sustainability strategies in the design process reveals that some of the best efforts in this area do not yield the benefits promised. Examples of these shortcomings include product operation with unnecessary features that push performance beyond environmentally friendly levels, products made out of recyclable materials that still end up in landfills and consumers that do not connect sustainable lifestyles to the products they use. An effective model for consistent benefits in sustainable product design begins with making the right choices for materials, processes and manufacturing so that products have an innately low environmental footprint. Then an understanding of the product lifecycle within a circular economy context ensures that steps such as recyclability and reuse are not ignored as products go through iterative cycles of fabrication, use and repurposing. Lastly, promoting positive user behavior so that products are enjoyable and meaningful enablers of short and long-term sustainable benefits. By having these strategies working together as a multi-layered approach, all stakeholders in a given product's lifecycle will consistently make choices that result in sustainable advantages. Book Name: Routledge Handbook of Sustainable Product Design
Related Links	https://scholarworks.rit.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2888&context=article
Ending Page	159
Page Count	15
Starting Page	145
DOI	10.4324/9781315693309-13
Language	English
Publisher	Informa UK Limited
Publisher Date	2017-05-08
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Book Name: Routledge Handbook of Sustainable Product Design Criminology and Penology User Behavior Model Promised Recyclable Lifecycle Product Sustainable Design Sustainable Benefits
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Chapter

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