Sustainable Products, 2nd Edition

Chapter 6 Ecodesign

Principles of sustainability include not only environmental but also economic and social aspects (see also Sections 6.2 and 11.2 below). As mentioned earlier, over 80% of all product-related environmental impacts can be influenced during the product design phase [7]. According to [8], “product design” means “the set of processes that translate legal, technical, safety, functional, market or other requirements for a product into the technical specification for that product”. Sustainable design (often referred to as ecodesign, green design or environmental design) is an approach to the design of products. “Ecodesign” refers to “the integration of environmental aspects into product design with the aim of improving the environmental ...