The Design of a Product Service System for aQysta: Barsha Summit

For this thesis, the focus is on aQysta’s Barsha pump. aQysta is a Dutch start-up that develops hydro- powered water pumps for irrigation purposes. The Barsha pump uses the kinetic energy of water flowing through rivers to pump water to smallholder farmland for irrigation. The pump requires no external power source and all the energy required...

Feasibility study of product-service system model for cradle-to-cradle products

This thesis report helps to identify which business strategies can make product-service systems a feasible business model for cradle-to-cradle certified products. Cradle-to-cradle is a product certification that highlights the material re-utilization and material health of any products. Product-service systems are the business models that...

The future of corporate car sharing: Creating an innovation strategy for Greenwheels

Our contemporary society faces serious social and environmental challenges due to the increasing usage of automobiles. However, researchers have suggested that stimulating the acceptance of car sharing is a promising solution for dealing with these issues. Therefore, the goal of this graduation project was to support the car sharing company...

The evolution of the Strategic role of Designers for Sustainable Development

Design for Sustainable Development refers to the application of a design process to solve a problem related to sustainability, such as creating a pair of shoes that can be recycled or managing waste collection in a large city. Since the origins of this concept in the 1960s, Design for Sustainable Development has been evolving, gradually...

Internet of Things for Circular Economy: Design of a Pay-per-Use smart PSS eco-system

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...

Value and cost assessment of an Integrated Facade as a Product Service System

This thesis is a value and cost assessment of integrated facades as a product-service system. It focusses on the value of this new business concept in the built environment. Theoretical value is explained after which research by design is conducted to show the added value and cost on a real case study.

Extending the Loop: Developing a business model for carpet tiles

Interface is an international manufacturer of carpet tiles with a long history in sustainability. With its mission Zero, Interface wants to become the first company without a negative impact on the environment by the year 2020. Over the years Interface already made significant progress by means of product innovations and organizational changes....

Sustainable Photonic Textiles for the Office Environment

The Dutch company Royal Philips Electronics N.V. has developed a smart textile that is able to emit light. Philips named this specific type of electronic textile a photonic textile. With the use of LED’s (Light Emitting Diodes) the textile can feedback light to a user or environment. The implementation of this technology, up to this moment, is...

A Cradle-To-Cradle Picnic experience for Ameland and the other Cradle-to-Cradle islands

During this graduation project a sustainable activity for the C2C-Islands was researched and designed, with Ameland as main context. It was chosen to develop a C2C picnic set, because this matches the current activities (mainly outdoor) that are undertaken and possibilities that are available (local foods and excellent picnic facilities). The...