Successive Transitions in Ecodesign: From the Stopwatch Era to Technology Transfer and Commercialization

Casper Boks; Tim C. McAloone

Successive Transitions in Ecodesign: From the Stopwatch Era to Technology Transfer and Commercialization

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Abstract

In the past 15 years, stimulated by a growing environmental concern and awareness in the media, ecodesign, or design for environment, has expanded considerably as a scientific research area; from a group of opportunistic eco-pathfinders trying to optimise a product’s recyclability, into acknowledged scientific research regarding technology transfer and commercialisation. This paper proposes that this maturing process took place through a number of transitions; this is illustrated by discussing characteristic aspects of each transition, together providing a historic account of how academic research into sustainable product innovation has matured. In conclusion, a number of possible future transitions or extensions of the research area are discussed.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of LCE 2008, 15th CIRP International Conference on Life Cycle Engineering
Place of Publication	Sydney, Australia
Publication date	2008
Publication status	Published - 2008
Event	LCE 2008, 15th CIRP International Conference on Life Cycle Engineering - Sydney, Australia Duration: 17 Mar 2008 → 19 Mar 2008 Conference number: 15

Conference

Conference	LCE 2008, 15th CIRP International Conference on Life Cycle Engineering
Number	15
Country	Australia
City	Sydney
Period	17/03/2008 → 19/03/2008

Keywords

academic progress
Sustainable Product Design
historic overview
Ecodesign
Product life
PD methods

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