Product Eco-Design in the Era of Circular Economy
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (29 February 2024) | Viewed by 52521
Special Issue Editors
Interests: engineering design; eco-design; life cycle engineering; product development; design methods; design tools
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Interests: eco-design; life cycle assessment; design for additive manufacturing; sustainable manufacturing
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The design and development of products for daily use is changing due to the new constraints derived by the paradigms of sustainability and circular economy. Designers and engineers are called to rethink the way products are conceived, anticipating life cycle and end of life issues in the early phase of design where the degree of freedom to change the product features are higher and the impacts most effective.
Environmental performance has become an important aspect of design together with the other classical design drivers, such as quality, safety, functionality and ergonomics. Eco-design methodologies need to be effective in daily engineering practices, enhancing circular business models by means of product life cycle extension and effective management of closed-loop, end-of-life strategies (i.e., product reuse, product re-manufacturing, and material recycling).
Papers exploring novel eco-design methodologies, and strongly oriented to circular economy and life cycle engineering, are invited. Case studies focusing on the new paradigm of circular economy or its measurement by means of circular indicators (i.e., disassembly, resource demand, LCA, and social engagement) are also welcome.
The papers selected for this Special Issue will be subject to a rigorous peer review procedure with the aim of rapid and wide dissemination of research results, developments, and applications.
Prof. Claudio Favi
Prof. Marco Marconi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- ecodesign methods and ecodesigned products
- design for circular economy
- design for disassembly
- product reuse, remanufacturing and recycling
- product end-of-life management
- sustainability assessment of products and manufacturing processes
- life cycle engineering and related topics
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