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Tunn, V.S.C. (author), Fokker, Richard (author), Luijkx, K.A. (author), de Jong, S.A.M. (author), Schoormans, J.P.L. (author)Access-based product-service systems (AB-PSS) have the potential to lower environmental impacts. Currently, a lack of consumer acceptance and, consequently, low adoption levels of AB-PSS are challenges preventing the realisation of their sustainability potential. This study proposes temporary product customisation to lower barriers for the...journal article 2019
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Costa Junior, Jairo da (author), Diehl, J.C. (author), Secomandi, Fernando (author)There is a consensus among scholars and practitioners that energy solutions, such as electricity services and related products and systems, are paramount to the ability of nations to overcome environmental and social issues. As a result, policymakers and problem solvers in emerging economies have shown a keen interest in the transition to...journal article 2019
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van Dam, S.S. (author), Bakker, C.A. (author), Hazenoot, Thomas (author), Mihelič, Aleš (author)This paper presents the result of a co-creation and context mapping study amongst seventeen washing machines users. The users had widely varying experiences with products offered through alternative ownership models, including three who were active users of a washing machine with pay-per-use or monthly subscription model. Through the co-creation...conference paper 2019
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Nieuweboer, Helen (author)The effects of the linear economy on our environment are becoming more visible every day. Governments act by introducing sustainability related laws and legislation, stimulating companies to make their products ready for a circular economy. This project aimed at using the benefits of the Internet of Things to design a circular supermarket...master thesis 2018
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van der Laan, Kolja (author)This report presents a design proposal of a product-service system that is supposed to facilitate cardiologists in their auscultation responsibilities. Auscultation today is usually still performed with an acoustic stethoscope, in which the cardiologist tries to recognize abnormalities concerning the patient’s heart through attentive listening. ...master thesis 2018
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Strauss, Lara (author)Autonomous driving technologies are expected to revolutionize the way people will experience travel time and interact with new means of transportation. Simultaneously, the consumer mind-set is found shifting from the desire to own towards gathering meaningful experiences and having access to services and goods on demand. Thus, it its proposed...master thesis 2018
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de Blok, Imardo (author)<b>Purpose:</b> The implementation of Product-Service-Systems (PSSs) in real estate development project could support the shift of the real estate sector towards a more Circular Economy. With the implemen-tation of these system responsibilities of products remain with the suppliers of these products. This incentives suppliers to design products...master thesis 2018
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Simonian, Joeri (author)In this project, a service design approach is used to explore new value opportunities for consumers in a circular product subscription; based on the data that machines and consumers can give as input to a digital system. The analysis and design is focused on the wash machine PSS by Bundles,<br/>a Dutch company that commissioned this assignment....master thesis 2018
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Vezzoli, C (author), Ceschin, F (author), Osanjo, L (author), M'Rithaa, MK (author), Moalosi, R (author), Nakazibwe, V. (author), Diehl, J.C. (author)This open access book addresses the issue of diffusing sustainable energy access in low- and middle-income contexts.<br/><br/>Access to energy is one of the greatest challenges for many people living in low-<br/>income and developing contexts, as around 1.4 billion people lack access to electricity. <br/>Distributed Renewable Energy systems (DRE...book 2018
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Mahadevan Karthik, Karthik (author)Envision began as an attempt to increase independence for people with visual impairment. During the course of the project, through a very participatory design approach, a deep understanding of the challenges faced by visually impaired people was obtained. A technology exploration in search for potential solutions led to the discovery of the...master thesis 2017
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Gonzalez Sanchez, Diana (author)This thesis explores how Internet of Things (IoT) can support Circular Economy in its goal of decoupling economic development from finite resources consumption. This is made specifically in the context of products as services, using as the case of study the Pay-per-Use washing-machine service by startup company HOMIE. The machine is connected to...master thesis 2017
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Laagland, Vincent (author)This report presents a design proposal for a product-service system to support type 1 diabetes patients in the first stages of treatment after diagnosis. Diabetes is one of the largest health care problems globally in terms of prevalence, cost and burden placed on individuals living with diabetes. It impacts these people and people around them...master thesis 2017
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Iwamoto, Rikako (author), Rodrigues Santos, A.L. (author), Chavannes, Niels (author), Reis, Ria (author), Diehl, J.C. (author)Background: The lack of adequate information about fever in low-resource settings, its unreliable self-assessment, and poor diagnostic practices may result in delayed care and under-or-overdiagnosis of diseases such as malaria. The mismatches of existing fever thermometers in the context of use imply that the diagnostic tools and connected...journal article 2017
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Costa Junior, Jairo da (author), Rodrigues Santos, A.L. (author), Diehl, J.C. (author)Faced with large-scale wicked problems that include global warming, resource depletion, poverty and humanitarian emergencies, society needs new and more appropriate reasoning models. In particular, these problems pose unfamiliar challenges in contexts with poor financial and infrastructural resources. Systems-oriented design (SOD) is widely...journal article 2017
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van der Veen, R.A.C. (author), Kisjes, K.H. (author), Nikolic, I. (author)The shift to markets based on servicising, i.e. market-level transitions from product-based to service-based production and consumption patterns, may contribute to achieve absolute decoupling, i.e. the combined development of economic growth and environmental impact reduction. However, the potential of this contribution is largely unknown. In...journal article 2017
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Hofstra, E.H. (author)The showers are one of the facilities offered by KLM in their Crown Lounge at Schiphol Airport. This service is offered to KLM and its partners’ most loyal customers, passengers that departure from or transfer at Schiphol Airport and are a KLM or SkyTeam Business Class passenger, Flying Blue Platinum or Gold member or SkyTeam Elite Plus-member....master thesis 2016
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Doornbosch, G.R.R. (author)The Senza tea 2.0 project focused on creating a sustainable product-service-system for the serving of tea within hospitalities. The project resulted in a new business model for Senza tea Company, involving the use of a new dispenser system and table display, resulting in a 100% waste free service. The service embodies the principles from the...master thesis 2016
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van Leeuwen, J. (author)The apparel industry is the second most polluting industry in the world, but the products they produce are used highly inefficiently. For every bag that is used on a daily basis, three bags are stored away in a closet. The Insider system is a product-service system that provides its users with the right bag on-demand. By making any bag you might...master thesis 2016
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Iwamoto, R. (author)In low-resource settings, like Uganda in Africa, fever is commonly measured by means of tactile contact with skin. However, for patients, caregivers and healthcare workers, self-assessment of fever is significantly inaccurate. Inadequate healthcare leads patients to be over-diagnosed with malaria and therefore over-treated with antimalarial...master thesis 2016
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Neef, J.L.M. (author)Secrid is a company that designs and manufactures innovative wallets and has grown very fast by doing so. The company has the ambition to play an important role in the self-defined pocketwear market, which is symbol for small and convenient products you carry with you. Acknowledging the rise and popularity of the smartphone as a pocketwear...master thesis 2016