| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 303 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Sustainability and discontinuity -- Products, contexts and capacities -- A social learning process -- Life cycle design -- Minimising resource consumption -- Selecting low impact resources and processes -- Product lifetime optimisation -- Extending the lifespan of materials -- Facilitating disassembly -- System design for eco-efficiency -- Environmental complexity and designing activity -- Estimating the environmental impact of products : life cycle assessment -- Environmentally sustainable design-orienting tools -- Evolution of sustainability in design research and practice -- Appendices |
| Summary |
Design for Environmental Sustainability is a technical and operative contribution to the United Nations "Decade on Education for Sustainable Development" (2005-2014), aiding the development of a new generation of designers, responsible and able in the task of designing environmentally sustainable products. Design for Environmental Sustainability provides a comprehensive framework and a practical tool to support the design process. The book offers an organic vision of methodologies, tools and strategies for the integration of environmental requirements into product development. Possib |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-295) and index |
| Notes |
Translated from the Italian |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Sustainable design.
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Industrial design -- Environmental aspects.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Manzini, Ezio.
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| LC no. |
2008930165 |
| ISBN |
1281491578 |
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1848001622 (hbk.) |
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1848001630 |
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9781281491572 |
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9781848001626 (hbk.) |
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9781848001633 |
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