During the spring semester of 2012 did Petra Hollsten independently a thesis on reducing the environmental impact of capsule for coffee, tea and chocolate. The work was performed at Karlstad University, Faculty of Technology and Science under the Bachelor of Science program in innovation, technology and design. The project's scope is at 22.5 points. The employment for this project is the company Löfbergs Lila AB in Karlstad. Supervisor at the Principal has been Maria Herou Wallner and Sandra Lyxell, product managers. Supervisor at Karlstad University is Monica Jakobsson, lecturer and program leader for innovation and design engineering program. Examiner is Fredrik Thuvander, lecturer and professor at Karlstad University. The company Löfbergs Lila is a family business and one of the leading suppliers of coffee in Sweden that invests in quality from plantation to consumer and environmental responsibility. Sales of capsules and capsule machines are increasing very rapidly and have become very popular. The company's move to the bridge method with capsule machines must be good for the environment as possible. Which gave rise to this project to help reduce the environmental impact of the capsules? The largest part of the project was to conduct a thorough research to determine important characteristics about coffee, how the market looks for the capsules, how the capsule and the capsule machine works, the climate impact of packaging and coffee, how to evaluate environmental impact and a materials study. That is partly conducted through field visits, literature searches, and retrieval of information by providers. The result of the project was to reduce environmental impact by replacing the capsule existing materials to alternative renewable materials. To evaluate the alternative materials used tool ECO Audit Tool contained in material selection program CES EduPack 2011. Through the tool, you can read energy consumption and carbon emissions. It resulted in which material that had the lowest environmental impact. Along with the choice of material was sketched a proposal for a new design on the sleeve capsule which would lead to moving a function from capsule to capsule sleeve. This would reduce one part of the capsule and has less environmental impact and facilitate recycling for consumers.

The construction sector accounts for a large use of the world's natural resources and for a large part of the waste generated. An alternative to dealing with this problem is for the construction sector to change to a circular way of thinking where recycling is a method that has been identified. This essay therefore aims to identify driving forces and prevent individuals in the construction sector who today work with recycling and, by extension, development potential. To do this, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 5 respondents who have different roles, this to get a broad insight into the subject. The material collected from these respondents is presented and then discussed in relation to previous research. Economic factors are an obstacle in recycling work, but this is considered to be based on the fact that knowledge and experience are not optional. / <p>G</p>

Denna studie undersöker svenska modeföretags användning av digitala 3D program i produktutvecklingsfasen. Modebranschen är på många sätt en innovativ och utvecklande bransch. Trots detta är nuvarande design- och produktutvecklingsprocess fortfarande till stor del mycket traditionell. Syftet med arbetet är att undersöka vad som hindrar modeföretag från att implementera digitala 3D-program i design- och produktutvecklingsprocessen. Arbetet ämnar vidare att undersöka vilka satsningar som bör göras för att en bransch ändring från 2D till 3D ska ske utifrån de utmaningar och möjligheter som finns. Arbetet använder sig av kvalitativa metoder i form av semistrukturerade intervjuer. Resultatet av dessa intervjuer visar att de svenska modeföretag som deltog i den här studien är eniga om att användandet av 3D program i produktutvecklingsprocessen är framtiden, men att ekonomiska faktorer, attityden till ett förändrat arbetssätt samt bristen på kompetens försvårar utvecklingen speciellt för mindre företag. / This study investigates Swedish fashion companies' use of digital 3D programs in the product development phase. The fashion industry is in many ways an innovative and evolving industry. Despite this, the current design and product development processes are still largely very traditional. The purpose of the work is to investigate what prevents fashion companies from implementing digital 3D programs in the design and product development process. The study further aims to investigate what investments should be made for an industry change from 2D to 3D to take place based on the challenges and opportunities that exist. The study uses qualitative methods in the form of semi structured interviews. The results of these interviews show that Swedish fashion companies who participated in the study agree that the use of 3D programs in the product development process is the future, but that economic factors, the attitude to a change in working methods, and the lack of competence make development difficult, especially for smaller companies.