Smart Ergo-Design: Innovating Sustainability through Smart Ergonomics and Design
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Products and Services".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 8 April 2025 | Viewed by 100
Special Issue Editors
Interests: engineering design; CAD; product design and development; smart design; design for sustainability; design for styling; design theory; ergo-design; design cognition, manufacturing system design; computational design and engineering; IT systems; intelligent systems; knowledge-based engineering; computational intelligence; computational design; agent-based product design; fuzzy system design; materials design; innovation; holonic design; cloud-based design and manufacturing; style design; design optimization; collaborative engineering; collaborative decision making; system modelling; fuzzy engineering; risk analysis; computer-aided engineering; emotional design; design for configurations; human-centered design; change management; digital twin
Interests: product design and development; computer-aided design; human-centered design; ergonomics in design; design for sustainability; innovation; holonic design; computational design; styling in design; collaborative engineering
Interests: product design; virtual and augmented reality; design for sustainability; design for use; collaborative engineering; computer-aided design; human-centered design; ergonomics in design; multidisciplinary and collaborative design; immersive professional training
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Today, sustainability is an important concern across various domains, ranging from product, system, and service design to urban planning. As the global community confronts the challenges posed by climate change, resource reduction, and social inequality, there is a growing recognition of the need for innovative approaches that reconcile human factors with sustainability imperatives. In this context, the intersection of smart ergonomics and design offers promising opportunities for advancing sustainability goals while enhancing the technical, esteem, and usage values of products, systems, and services for safety, health, and well-being.
Smart ergo-design represents an emergent holistic approach to addressing these challenges. It embodies the integration of ergonomic principles, innovative design methodologies, and intelligent technologies to create products, systems, and services that are not only efficient and human-centered but also sustainable. By placing humans at the center of the product, system, and service lifecycle, smart ergo-design seeks to optimize the use of resources, materials, and energy and improve overall sustainability outcomes by employing human-centered design methodologies, promoting transdisciplinary collaboration, and utilizing data-driven decision-making.
While the development of a digital world offers immense potential for addressing sustainability challenges, it also poses risks and requires a careful consideration of its environmental, social, and economic impacts. Balancing the benefits and challenges of digitalization is essential to ensuring that it contributes to, rather than undermines, long-term sustainability goals.
This Special Issue explores the multifaceted implications of smart ergo-design for sustainability across various domains, including but not limited to product design, mobility, transportation, and urban planning. Utilizing insights from ergonomics, industrial design, engineering, and environmental science, the research examines the theoretical foundations, practical applications, and emerging trends in smart ergo-design.
The scientific papers cover emerging trends in principles, methods, tools, and technological solutions of sustainable ergo-design to engineer sustainable, smart, and innovative systems. Through case studies, empirical research, and theoretical analysis, we aim at elucidating the potential benefits and limitations of smart ergo-design in promoting sustainable development at local, regional, and global scales.
This Special Issue encompasses, but is not limited to, the following topics:
- Integration of ergonomic principles in sustainable product design;
- Methods and technological tools for sustainable ergonomics and design;
- Human-centered design methodologies for sustainability;
- Human factors in sustainable system design;
- User experience (UX) design for sustainable products and services;
- Ergonomic approaches for safety, health, and well-being in sustainable design;
- Inclusive design for sustainable ergonomics and design;
- Transdisciplinary collaboration in smart ergo-design;
- Collaborative design for sustainable and innovative product, usage, and service systems;
- Knowledge management for sustainable ergonomics and design;
- Cooperative, connected, and automated mobility (CCAM) through smart ergo-design;
- Sustainable smart systems (cities, buildings, manufacturing systems, products, software, etc.) through ergo-design;
- Artificial intelligence for ergonomics and design;
- Innovative technologies for smart ergo-design sustainability;
- Immersive technologies for sustainable ergonomics and design;
- Digitalization for sustainable ergonomic design;
- Decision-making for smart ergo-design;
- Smart ergo-design for energy efficiency and carbon footprint reduction;
- Sustainable materials and resource optimization in ergonomic design;
- Policy implications and regulatory frameworks for promoting sustainable ergo-design.
The Special Issue encompasses the following types of papers:
- Research papers;
- Reports on case studies and projects;
- Sustainable ergo-design proposals;
- Literature reviews;
- Discussion and position papers that present retrospections on critical and strategic issues in the transdisciplinary ergo-design domain.
Prof. Dr. Egon Ostrosi
Dr. Jean-Bernard Bluntzer
Dr. Morad Mahdjoub
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- smart ergonomics
- sustainable design
- sustainable ergonomics
- green ergonomics
- human factor
- inclusive design
- human-centered design
- sustainable smart systems
- AI for ergonomics and design
- digital twin
- immersive technologies
- collaborative design
- knowledge management
- CCAM
