HOW TO DEFINE A SUSTAINABILITY DESIGN SPACE
Year: 2015
Editor: Christian Weber, Stephan Husung, Marco CantaMESsa, Gaetano Cascini, Dorian Marjanovic, Serena Graziosi
Author: Hallstedt, Sophie
Series: ICED
Institution: Blekinge Tekninska Hoegskola, Sweden
Section: Design Methods and Tools - part 2
Page(s): 011-020
ISBN: 978-1-904670-69-8
ISSN: 2220-4334
Abstract
In order for a company to define a sustainability design space and become more sustainable it must know: what sustainability means; how sustainability can be achieved; and, how sustainability can be measured. The main contribution of this paper is an approach to define the design space for sustainability, with purpose to give support in the early product innovation process. A novel approach is presented for how to identify strategic sustainability criteria, tactical design guidelines and sustainability compliance index that are important parts of a sustainability design space. A case company within the aerospace industry has been chosen to test and validate the sustainability criteria and how it can give support in evaluating the current sustainability profile of a product component by using the suggested Sustainability Compliance Index (SCI). The result from company feedback and early pilot-testing showed that the sustainability criteria and sustainability compliance index can give support in decisions regarding sustainability perspective in early concept development. The pilot-tests also indicated that there is a need for further development and validation.
Keywords: Design For X (DfX), Sustainability, Decision Making, Early Design Phases