ECO-INNOVATION: THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENGINEERING DESIGN RESEARCH
DS 77: Proceedings of the DESIGN 2014 13th International Design Conference
Year: 2014
Editor: Marjanovic Dorian, Storga Mario, Pavkovic Neven, Bojcetic Nenad
Author: O'Hare ,J.A.; McAloone, T.C.
Series: DESIGN
Section: DESIGN ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT
Page(s): 1631-1640
Abstract
Eco-innovation is an approach that has the potential to deliver step change improvements in the environmental performance of products, but the uptake by industry to date has been disappointing. The paper presents a selective review of the academic literature, choosing examples of research that give a flavour of the key trends and interesting topics that are emerging from the eco-innovation body of knowledge. We conclude by suggesting 10 areas where we see potential for the engineering design research community to contribute to the advancement of eco-innovation.
Keywords: eco-innovation, eco-design, sustainable innovation, sustainability