Design for environmental sustainability
Design for Environmental Sustainability is a technical and operative contribution to the United Nations "Decade on Education for Sustainable Development" (2005-2014), aiding the development of a new generation of designers, responsible and able in the task of designing environmentally sust...
| Main Author: | Vezzoli, Carlo. |
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| Other Authors: | Manzini, Ezio., SpringerLink (Online service) |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English Italian |
| Published: |
London :
Springer,
©2008.
London : [2008] |
| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (xviii, 303 pages) : illustrations. |
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| Summary: |
Design for Environmental Sustainability is a technical and operative contribution to the United Nations "Decade on Education for Sustainable Development" (2005-2014), aiding the development of a new generation of designers, responsible and able in the task of designing environmentally sustainable products. Design for Environmental Sustainability provides a comprehensive framework and a practical tool to support the design process. The book offers an organic vision of methodologies, tools and strategies for the integration of environmental requirements into product development. Possib. |
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| Item Description: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-295) and index. Translated from the Italian. Sustainability and discontinuity -- Products, contexts and capacities -- A social learning process -- Life cycle design -- Minimising resource consumption -- Selecting low impact resources and processes -- Product lifetime optimisation -- Extending the lifespan of materials -- Facilitating disassembly -- System design for eco-efficiency -- Environmental complexity and designing activity -- Estimating the environmental impact of products : life cycle assessment -- Environmentally sustainable design-orienting tools -- Evolution of sustainability in design research and practice -- Appendices. Design for Environmental Sustainability is a technical and operative contribution to the United Nations "Decade on Education for Sustainable Development" (2005-2014), aiding the development of a new generation of designers, responsible and able in the task of designing environmentally sustainable products. Design for Environmental Sustainability provides a comprehensive framework and a practical tool to support the design process. The book offers an organic vision of methodologies, tools and strategies for the integration of environmental requirements into product development. Possib. |
| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (xviii, 303 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-295) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781848001633 1848001630 9781848001626 1848001622 1281491578 9781281491572 |