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Klaassen, Nine (author), Scheepens, A.E. (author), Flipsen, Bas (author), Vogtländer, J.G. (author)In search of sustainable business models, product innovation must fulfil a double objective: the new product must have a higher (market) value, and at the same time a lower eco-burden. To achieve this objective, it is an imperative that the value, the total costs of ownership, and the eco-burden of a product are analysed at the beginning of...journal article 2020
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Scheepens, A.E. (author), Vogtländer, J.G. (author)Calculating the environmental benefits of energy saving systems in dwellings in a life cycle assessment (LCA) has two major issues, namely: how to deal with the customer behaviour and how to deal with rebound effects. Both issues are important for sustainable strategies. From a user-centred design perspective, two fundamentally different...journal article 2018
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Akkerman, L.M. (author)A new product development process for Blackstarbikes BV, a company in bamboo bicycles. An eco-efficient value creation method (with the use of the eco-costs/value ratio) is used to design a balance bicycle for young children.master thesis 2015
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Lans, D. (author)Through the use of eco-label guidelines, eco-design guidelines, and LCA-based environmental impact and sustainability indicators like Eco-costs, the Eco-cost to Value Ratio (EVR) and ReCiPe points, a boundary and baseline for new product development can be set to which an improvement can be measured. In addition to this the LCA based indicators...master thesis 2011