Circularity Evaluation of Alternative Concepts During Early Product Design and Development

Albæk, Julie Kamp; Shahbazi, Sasha; McAloone, Tim C.; Pigosso, Daniela Cristina Antelmi

doi:10.3390/su12229353

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“…Decisions made during the early design stages -such as material selection, assembly method, component accessibility for maintenance -can significantly influence a given product's quality, cost, sustainability, and circularity performance over its lifecycle. Yet, it appears that the circularity performance is often overlooked in the early stages of product design and development [2]. Building up on the momentum around the circular economy concept and the numerous circularity indicator developed in recent years, the present paper helps understand how ad hoc product-centric circularity indicators and their assessment framework can support circular design.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…These four c-indicators were mapped on a two-dimensional chart, with the y-axis indicating the complexity level or time required to use the tool, and the x-axis representing the different steps of the product design process. Kamp Albaek et al [2] have also identified and reviewed four circularity assessment tools that can be used for evaluating product circularity at the concept level or at the early development stage, namely: the CEIP, CET, CPI, and Circular Pathfinder (CP).…”

Section: Literature Survey: Engineering Design Process and Product-level Circularity Indicatorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…2. Concept Circularity Evaluation Tool (CCET) [2]: The CCET aims to support the evaluation of alternative product concepts in terms of their circularity potential in the early stages of product design and development.…”

Section: Ad Hoc C-indicators With Tools For Product Designmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Closing-the-loop on industrial processes and products can contribute to more sustainable consumption and production patterns (SDG 12), as well as to fight against climate change (SDG 13) by mitigating the carbon emission and energy consumption due to the extraction and processing of primary raw materials. The way products are designed plays a crucial role in the actual circularity performance of products and materials all along the value chain [2]. Indeed, the circularity potential of a given product is highly dependent on the choices and decisions taken during the design process, where product requirements are defined, concepts generated, functional architectures fixed, and materials selected.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Design for Product Circularity: Circular Economy Indicators With Tools Mapped Along the Engineering Design Process

Saidani

Kim

2021

Volume 5: 26th Design for Manufacturing and the Life Cycle Conference (DFMLC)

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Monitoring the circularity potential of products and materials is key to ensure environmental savings and economic profitability of circular economy loops, such as reuse, remanufacturing, or recycling. The choices and decisions made during the product design phase have a major influence and impact on the circularity performance of products. While numerous indicators and tools have been recently developed to assess, manage, and accelerate the transition to a more circular economy, their application and usability during the early design phases of products are often overlooked. Based on a screening of several tens of circular economy indicators, the present research work identified twelve product-centric circularity indicators, each of them coming with a computational tool, to be deployed during the design process in order to improve the circularity potential of products. To help designers and engineers selecting the appropriate solution, these circularity indicators and tools are positioned on a generic five-step design process, namely: requirements definition, conceptual design, detailed design, designs comparison, product monitoring and communication. Concrete examples are given on how these indicators and their assessment framework can support the design of more circular products. Current shortcomings of available approaches are finally highlighted and discussed (such as the lack of c-indicators for the detailed design phase or linkage with computer-aided design software) for an augmented integration of such promising circularity indicators and their associated tools within the design and development process of products.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 98%

Section: Literature Survey: Engineering Design Process and Product-level Circularity Indicatorsmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Design for Product Circularity: Circular Economy Indicators With Tools Mapped Along the Engineering Design Process

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2021

Volume 5: 26th Design for Manufacturing and the Life Cycle Conference (DFMLC)

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“…It focuses on improving the environmental performance of a product during its life cycle, without prejudice to other basic criteria such as performance, functionality, aesthetics and quality. The main environmental impacts that are taken into account in ecodesign, include the minimization of material and energy consumption, the selection of less unfavorable materials and the promotion of long-life products (Albaek et al, 2020). Ecodesign focuses exclusively on environmental characteristics and does not consider the social dimensions of sustainability, which cover issues related to the distribution of resources and the related social impacts of a product (Ceschin and Gaziulusoy, 2016).…”

Section: Evolution Of Environmental Design Philosophiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sustainable Design in the Furniture Industry

Ševčíková¹,

Knošková²

2021

21st International Joint Conference Central and Eastern Europe in the Changing Business Environment : Proceedings

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Designers have considerable responsibility for shaping the current state of products and services. To reduce the negative environmental impact of the furniture industry, designers need to change the way they design, while consumers need to change their attitudes towards sustainable furniture. However, companies that offer sustainable furniture face a frustrating paradox. Most consumers report positive attitudes towards environmentally friendly products and services, but this attitude does not seem to be reflected on their shopping behaviour. The aim of the paper is to provide an insight into the possibilities of applying sustainability in the furniture industry and to support discussion about the connection between the concept of sustainable development and consumption in the furniture industry. The methodology of the paper consists of a profound literature review and analysis in the area of sustainable development, sustainable consumption, sustainable design and their application in the furniture industry. Synthesis of literature review resulted in several recommendations how to align consumer shopping behaviour with the concept of sustainable furniture in line with new trends in the furniture industry.

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The LaST Tool – The Longevity and Sustainable Transition Tool

Jensen

Haase

Cooper

et al. 2023

Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering

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Due to customers’ increased focus on environmental sustainability, companies have been looking to position themselves as producers of consumer goods with greater longevity. Useful tools exist within academia to assist companies in this transformation process. However, the knowledge is scattered, and the focus of tools is often on either the mapping of companies’ status quo or actionable solutions that increase the longevity of their products. Creating a common understanding and coherency to make the knowledge usable in practice has proven to be difficult, as an immediate match of the most appropriate action tools to the mappings does not exist. Therefore, there is a need for a practical transition tool that, in the process of mapping, assists companies in understanding their positions and potential and proposes suitable action tools to assist in the required change process for producing consumer goods with greater longevity. This could mitigate the challenges for practitioners and bridge the different types of tools, hence enabling companies to develop products with increased longevity more easily.

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Circularity Evaluation of Alternative Concepts During Early Product Design and Development

Cited by 32 publications

References 31 publications

Design for Product Circularity: Circular Economy Indicators With Tools Mapped Along the Engineering Design Process

Design for Product Circularity: Circular Economy Indicators With Tools Mapped Along the Engineering Design Process

Sustainable Design in the Furniture Industry

The LaST Tool – The Longevity and Sustainable Transition Tool

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