De nos jours, l’industrie doit faire face à de nombreux défis. La concurrence accrue de l’industrie manufacturière issue d’une mondialisation du marché ainsi que la raréfaction et la hausse du prix des ressources poussent les entreprises à innover afin de rester compétitives notamment en réduisant les flux de matières et d’énergie. De plus, les consommateurs semblent être de plus en plus conscients et soucieux des notions introduites par le concept de développement durable. Les systèmes ‘produits-services’ (associés à l’économie de fonctionnalités) sont montrés comme une opportunité pour l’Industrie de proposer des solutions prospères et respectueuses de l’environnement tout en répondant aux besoins du consommateur. Cependant, ces systèmes ne sont pas soutenables de façon intrinsèque. Il est, par conséquent, nécessaire de créer des outils et méthodes afin d’aider les entreprises à développer ce type de modèle économique dans un objectif de soutenabilité.Ce travail de thèse a donc pour objectif de fournir une méthode d’évaluation de la soutenabilité à l’intérieur du processus de conception d’un PSS. Les caractéristiques spécifiques d'une conception de PSS soutenable doivent être prises en compte afin de fournir aux concepteurs une évaluation de la soutenabilité précieuse et donc un soutien de leur processus de prise de décision. Cette méthode a pour but de fournir un appui supplémentaire lors du processus de prise de décision par le biais d’évaluations de soutenabilité qualitatives et quantitatives. / Nowadays, industry faces many challenges. The increased competition from the manufacturing industry which is resulting from the market globalization and from the scarcity and rising price of resources are pushing companies to innovate in order to remain competitive, in particular by reducing the flow of materials and energy. In addition, consumers seem to be more and more conscious of their impacts introduced by the concept of sustainable development. Products-services systems (or economy of functionality) are shown as an opportunity for the industry to offer solutions that are prosperous and respectful of the environment while meeting the needs of the consumer. However, these systems are not intrinsically sustainable. It is therefore necessary to create tools and methods to help companies develop this type of economic model with a view to sustainability.This research thesis aims to provide a method to assess the sustainability within the design process of a PSS. The specific characteristics of a sustainable PSS design must be taken into account in order to provide designers with valuable sustainability assessment and therefore support for their decision-making process. This method is intended to provide additional support in the decision-making process through qualitative and quantitative sustainability assessments.

This paper describes a research through design project for reducing student’s food waste in a Swedish high school canteen. It was found that the design outcome is influenced by how a designer approaches the chosen problem space of sustainability. Building only on the existing perspectives of eco-feedback technologies and persuasive frameworks within interaction design, immensely constrains the role interaction design could take in working with sustainability issues. The complexities of sustainability related problems should be seen as a rich opportunity space to approach by design. Ethnographic research methods should be used when designing for sustainability. Found strengths of interaction design within design for sustainability were the data measurement of consumption and change. Together with the communication possibilities of digital and connected devices. The design outcome became a digital tool for kitchen staff to use when evaluating the lunch menu. The research also led to four suggestions for future design projects.

Our understanding of the effects that human production and consumption has on our planet and its resources has challenged us to think differently when developing new products. In response to these problems, Eco Design has been developed over the last few decades. Eco Design is a process integrated into product and engineering design that aims to lower the environmental impact of products across their life cycle, whilst not hindering design brief criteria such as function, price, performance, and quality. Research in Eco Design has focused mainly on the development of new tools and ways to implement Eco Design in industry. However, there is still little empirical knowledge today regarding the state of Eco Design implementation and practices in industry; in addition to the prerequisite needs and factors to successfully implement Eco Design. The aim of this research has been to review the level and type of Eco Design in the British Product Design industry and to identify recurrent themes helping or hindering implementation. This was achieved through the use of a pilot study followed by a two stage case study design, involving 20 cases and 57 participants across 65 interviews. The investigation and its analysis produced 12 confirmed themes, each generating their own drivers and barriers to Eco Design implementation. This research into Eco Design implementation provides a unique contribution and a timely insight into the Eco Design practices of the British Product Design industry today. The research also provides the novel contribution of identifying the drivers and barriers to implementing and sustaining Eco Design, as well as an understanding of the strengths and shortfalls of the current Eco Design processes and tools. These contributions to knowledge in the field of Eco Design will help future research formulate better solutions to implement Eco Design processes in the Product Design industry.

Submitted by Rosivalda Pereira (mrs.pereira@ufma.br) on 2017-06-23T17:54:03Z No. of bitstreams: 1 BrunoSousa.pdf: 9874758 bytes, checksum: 6bf0b959098f5c9b39858bb374a6ec4d (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-06-23T17:54:03Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 BrunoSousa.pdf: 9874758 bytes, checksum: 6bf0b959098f5c9b39858bb374a6ec4d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-05-31 / Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa e ao Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico do Maranhão (FAPEMA) / A city with a rich cultural heritage like São Luis finds in the tourism the possibility to break the barriers that make difficult the sustainable development of its historic center and all the population of that area. The current work aims to identify strategies to promote eco-efficient tourism in the region known for its world heritage, supporting in the System Design for Sustainability and using the Product-Service System (PSS) methods and tools. For this, we used the exploratory research and field research, interviews and questionnaires to collect data of the socio-economic actors linked to satisfaction units – host, feed and entertain. Besides the intention to launch the challenge of dealing with cultural tourism by a still little explored bias in the context of Design, research has generated new attitudes strategies, new partnerships and new ventures for its development in the historic center. Thought the intervention priority levels have been accused as low, the results show that this type of social innovation can add value to the environmental eco-efficiency, ethical-social and economic to the cultural heritage, to the local community and the actors of tourism productive stream in a exceptional form, showing thus the social and technical interests of such research seeking a effectively boarded in sustainability tourism. / Uma cidade com um rico patrimônio cultural como São Luís procura, através do turismo, a possibilidade de romper com as barreiras que dificultam o desenvolvimento sustentável do seu centro histórico e de toda a população daquela área. A presente dissertação buscou identificar estratégias que promovam o turismo ecoeficiente na região reconhecida pelo seu patrimônio mundial, amparando-se no Design de Sistemas para a Sustentabilidade e utilizando-se dos métodos e ferramentas do Sistema Produto-Serviço (PSS). Para isso, utilizou-se da pesquisa exploratória e pesquisa de campo, com entrevistas e aplicação de questionários, para levantar dados dos atores socioeconômicos ligados às unidades de satisfação hospedar, alimentar e entreter. Além da intenção de lançar o desafio de tratar do turismo cultural por um viés ainda pouco explorado no contexto do Design, a investigação gerou estratégias de novas atitudes, novas parcerias e novos empreendimentos para o seu desenvolvimento no centro histórico. Embora, os níveis de prioridade de intervenção levantados tenham sido acusados como baixos, os resultados demonstram que este tipo de inovação social pode agregar valores de ecoeficiência ambiental, sócio ética e econômica ao patrimônio cultural, à comunidade local e aos atores da cadeia produtiva do turismo de forma excepcional, demonstrando assim, os interesses sociais e técnicos da pesquisa em busca de um turismo efetivamente pautado na sustentabilidade.

The rapid disposal of products has detrimental effects on environment which is increasing resource consumption for the production of new products, along with the waste production. Therefore, designing long lasting products has great importance for achieving sustainable consumption and production. The present study analyzes the implications of an approach called post-use design thinking for achieving sustainable consumption and production through product longevity. To explore that approach, two educational industrial design projects are analyzed throughout the study. The results suggest that post-use design thinking should be considered at the early stages of the design process. The idea generation exercises developed specifically for this design thinking seem to be helpful in generating design solutions for post-use phase. The results also indicate that the post-use design thinking is feasible in terms of design and production for glass packaging products, which is the specific case analyzed throughout the research.

ISO 14001:2015 is a certifiable environmental management standard applicable to any enterprise, large or small, in all fields of manufacturing or trades and services. It is the updated version of the previous ISO 14001:2004 standard. The updated standard contains a new High Level Framework which is expected to be used in the future by all ISO management system standards. ISO 14001:2015 sets out to implement methodologies such as the environmental management system and prescribes certification criteria including environmental policy and goals, important environmental issues, pollution reduction and continuous improvement of environmental efficiency. This report starts by looking into the documentation regarding life cycle perspective in the context of the ISO 14001:2015 standard. The revised model adopts a holistic approach across the value chain and encourages companies to accept a "life cycle perspective" with regard to the product and service design and development process. The methodology of life-cycle assessment (LCA) is also explored. The report goes on to examine another important aspect in environmental management which is the concept of Design For Environment (DFE). More specifically it is examined whether adhering to DFE principles can also help companies to adapt to the ISO 14001:2015 requirements. The concept of sustainable development in the context of ISO 14001 was given due precedence and it was found that ISO certified organizations will have an implicit awareness of sustainability because of the way ISO 14001 is structured. Corporate sustainability strategies were also discussed and this shed more light into how companies can

This thesis explored design’s role in transitioning the Swedish food system to one that is more resilient to the shocks caused by climate change and in the context of the project duration, COVID-19. The project’s central question was: What does food citizenship look like in a resilient food system, and what design process is necessary to facilitate such a solution? The project collaborated with a local food ecosystem startup, Harvest, which has the mission to improve the local food supply chain so everyone can eat deliciously and sustainability. Together with Harvest, the project developed a vision of what the local food ecosystem will look like in a viable world. It proposes that collective action around food is a possible vehicle for systems transition. The resulting design is the proposition of a network that connects urban communities to local food producers while facilitating the support required to expand the production capability and stability of the local food ecosystem. The network is grounded in the design principles synthesized from the research conducted with the creative communities in Sweden that are working towards a resilient food system. The ideas of mutual aid and the permaculture ethics of people care and fair share have been guiding forces as supporting those living in transition is an essential element of food systems transition. From this proposition the project sets to explore what disruptive innovations need to occur in order to reach this vision. By framing the project in this way I aim to not only illuminate what the preferable future looks like and how it will function, but also illustrate how it is possible to reach this future.

Cirkulär ekonomi bygger på principerna om att designa bort avfall, där avfall ses som en råvaruresurs. För att övergå till ett fossilfritt samhälle kommer material från förnyelsebara råvaror att behövas. Biobaserade material har oftast inte samma tekniska egenskaper och estetiska uttryck som befintliga material, biobaserade DIY-material utvecklade från okonventionell råvaruresurs kan väcka starka positiva och negativa reaktioner hos användarna. Studien har undersökt hur man i en Material driven designprocess genom form och kultur kan skapa acceptans för ett biobaserat DIY material från en okonventionell råvaruresurs. Studiens huvudsyfte har varit att bidra med ny kunskap för att underlätta för designers i en Material Driven Designprocess, att identifiera användningsområden och produktform som kan stärka materialacceptans hos användare. Fördjupningsområden i studien är teorier för Hållbar utveckling, Cirkulär ekonomi, Bioekonomi, Material Driven Design for Sustainability och Culture Sensitive Design. Huvudmetoden i studien har varit Material Driven design, vilket innefattas av ett flertal designmetoder. Studien visar på att den kulturella koppling mellan användarna och råvarans ursprung har i denna studie haft en signifikant betydelse för material acceptansen genom att skapa mening för användaren och att materialet primärt behöver applicerat i en produkt på ett sådant sätt att användaren känner tillit till dess prestanda. Resultatet presenteras i form av ett förslag på en användare studie och en produktprototyp. / A circular economy is based on the principles of designing away waste, where waste is seen as a raw material resource. To move to a fossil-free society, materials from renewable raw materials will be needed. Bio-based materials usually do not have the same technical characteristics and aesthetic expressions as existing materials, bio-based DIY materials developed from unconventional raw material resources can provoke strong positive and negative reactions among users. This study has investigated how a Material-driven design process through form and culture can create acceptance for a bio-based DIY material from an unconventional raw material resource. The study's main purpose has been to contribute with new knowledge to make it easier for designers in a Material Driven Design process to identify uses and product forms that can strengthen material acceptance among users. In-depth areas in the study are theories for Sustainable Development, Circular Economy, Bioeconomy, Material Driven Design for Sustainability and Culture Sensitive Design. The main method of the study has been Material Driven Design, which is covered by several design methods. The study shows that the cultural link between the users and the origin of the raw material has had a significant impact on material acceptance by creating meaning for the user and that the material primarily needs to be applied in a product in such a way that the user has confidence in its performance. The results are presented in the form of a proposal for a user study and a product concept.

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The open debate launched through the ‘Design Research Agenda for Sustainability’ within the paradigmatic ‘Changing the Change’ conference held in Turin in 2008, defined design for sustainability as “Everything design can do to facilitate the social learning process towards a sustainable society. That is, to sustain promising social and technological innovations and to re-orient existing drivers of change towards sustainability” (Cipolla & Peruccio, 2008: 42).