Eco-value as an indicator for sustainable design

Author

Fumikazu, Masuda ; Satsuki, Kashima ; Naoki, Iijima ; Kengo, Kato ; Rei, Sekine ; Kenji, Yamato ; Satoko, Watanabe ; Risa, Usami ; Katsura, Emukai ; Tomohisa, Kato ; Tsuneya, Kocho ; Tomoya, Sasaki ; Takuya, Sato ; Mie, Suzuki ; Masashi, S. ; Kenji, T. ;

Author_Institution

Tokyo Zokei Univ., Japan

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

1106

Lastpage

1109

Abstract

The ideal sharing system should lower environmental impact by reducing a total amount of production and consumption, and this could be achieved by the shift in human desire for products. More emphasis on shared products´ function supports the ideal sharing system for coorect operation. Industrial designers should promote this shift in life style by providing attractive and sustainable design with people

Keywords

design for environment; human factors; production; consumption; eco-value; environmental impact; human desire; ideal sharing system; industrial designers; people; shared product function; sharing system; sustainable design; sustainable design indicator; Bicycles; Continuous production; Humans; Mass production; Production systems; Recycling; Technological innovation; Time sharing computer systems; Weight control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing, 2001. Proceedings EcoDesign 2001: Second International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Tokyo

Print_ISBN

0-7695-1266-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/.2001.992532

Filename

992532