Design for Sustainability: Current Trends in Sustainable Product Design and Development

Sustainability

Garrette Clark¹  Justin Kosoris¹  Long Nguyen Hong² 

[1]United Nations Environment Programme, Department of Technology, Industry and Economics, 15 rue Milan, 75441 Cedex 09, Paris, France

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[3]Vietnam Cleaner Production Centre, 4th floor, C10 Building, Hanoi University of Technology, DHBKHN, Dai Co Viet Road, Hanoi, Vietnam

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关键词: ecodesign;    Cleaner Production;    Design for Sustainability;    Product-Service Systems;    developing countries;    D4S;    green products;    sustainable innovation;   

DOI  :  10.3390/su1030409

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

The Design for Sustainability (D4S) concept outlines methodologies for making sustainable improvements (social, economic and environmental) to products by applying elements of life cycle thinking. D4S builds on the work of ecodesign to include economic and social concerns, and its methodology includes both incremental and radical innovation. The United Nations Environment Programme and the Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands, in concert with key partners, work to support, illustrate, and diffuse targeted D4S demonstration efforts, including the European Commission-funded Cleaner Production for Better Products project in Vietnam, that are needed to change unsustainable consumption and production patterns.

【 授权许可】

CC BY   
© 2009 by the authors; licensee Molecular Diversity Preservation International, Basel, Switzerland.