The evolution of ecodesign

doi:10.1016/0166-4972(94)90016-7

Technovation

Volume 14, Issue 6, August 1994, Pages 363-380

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Abstract

Product designs evolve and change over long periods of time, through phases of experimentation, consolidation and maturity, followed by further innovation or by decline. The examples used to illustrate this process of evolution are innovations in environmentally responsible ‘green’ products (or ecodesigns) in the area of bicycles, automobiles, housing, lighting, washing machines and wave energy technology. The article argues that, to have significant environmental benefits, such green products will have to evolve from experimental designs into mature products, and outlines some of the factors affecting the rate and extent of ecodesign evolution.

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The evolution of ecodesign

Abstract

Futures

Research Policy

Energy Policy

Futures

Green Design: Design for the Environment

Industry and the Environment: A Strategic Overview

Ecodesign management: a comparative study of companies in Europe and the USA

(Re)designing cleaner products: factors affecting the ecodesign of manufactured products and some implications for the UNEP cleaner production program

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