Essential perspectives for Design for Environment: Experiences from the electronics industry

Essential perspectives for Design for Environment: Experiences from the electronics industry

Boks, C.B.
Stevels, A.L.N.

Industrial Design Engineering

Design Engineering

2007-09-01

Consolidation of knowledge, information and experiences in application of Design for Environment principles is done at various levels, ranging from easy to understand slogans to design guidelines, and even to tailor-made solutions. This brings about that dissemination of this knowledge should be done taking carefully the intended audience and relevant contexts into account– especially when dissemination is done in the form of ‘principles’, which are usually presented without context at all. It is discussed in this paper how interpretations of consolidating principles can lead to misinterpretations and even counterproductive actions. At least three principles can be identified that should be taken into account when disseminating DFE knowledge, discussing 1) different perspectives of what is environmentally friendly, 2) the life-cycle perspective, and 3) the integration of environmental and economical considerations.

green engineering
ecodesign
design for environment
industrial
application
life cycle assessment

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Taylor & Francis

International Journal of Production Research, 45 (18-19), 2007, p. 4021–4039 (authors version)

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(c) 2007 Boks, C.B. ; Stevels, A.L.N.