AN ECO-INFORMATION TOOL BASED UPON LIFE CYCLE THINKING
DS 32: Proceedings of DESIGN 2004, the 8th International Design Conference, Dubrovnik, Croatia
Year: 2004
Editor: Marjanovic D.
Author: Baragetti, S.; Fargnoli, M.; Rovida, E.
Section: ECO DESIGN WORKSHOP
Page(s): 1503 - 1508
Abstract
Problems related to environmental impact of products and processes have become relevant. As shown by many Authors in the field, in spite of the high number of design tools developed and available in the literature, most of them are focused only on how to solve specific problems related, in particular, to the improvement of already existing products, and do not focus on design, belittling the link with Industrial Design approach. Authors developed an "eco-information tool", which can provide designers an easy to use eco-information system and allows them to choose the right strategies for the specific application, without disregarding customer needs, design requisites and standards/laws obligations.
Keywords: design, sustainability, method