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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Environmentally conscious design"”.
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A multi-stakeholder abridged environmentally conscious design approach
… play an increasingly important role in product design. As these concerns have mounted, so have academic and industrial research efforts into ways to reduce the environmental impact of products through approaches such as Environmentally Conscious Design (ECD). Existing research has not yet sought …
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An integrated approach to environmentally conscious design and manufacturing
… develop an approach for the simultaneous green design of products and associated manufacturing processes including demanufacturing concerns. We propose a generic approach called Integrated Environmentally Conscious Design and Manufacturing (IECDM) which can be applied to address problems in the …
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A methodology and support tool for environmentally conscious design and manufacture.
… are now firmly on the agenda for engineers and designers. In recent years an increasing barrage of legislation accompanied by the public's increasing awareness of, and concern for, the environment is forcing industry to respond.Energy and resource consumption reduction have long been the …
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Incorporating heterogeneous customer preferences with Bayesian methods for decision making in environmentally conscious design
… the balance of land, ocean, and air temperature. Environmentally conscious consumers and environmental protection legislation have been driving manufacturers to design, produce, and dispose products in a more environmentally responsible manner. The purpose of environmentally conscious design and …
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Design for the environmental emergency: Plastic chairs and the transition to low-carbon product design
Analysing the intersection between plastics, environmentally-conscious design, and consumption through a focussed study of plastic chairs, this dissertation casts new light on best practice for sustainable furniture design. Plastic chairs are ubiquitous but remain objects of constant innovation and …
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Sustainability Assessment of a Municipal Utility Complex: a System of Systems Approach
… preservation. Municipalities face challenges in designing, constructing, and operating environmentally sustainable utility complexes, and their primary goal in developing such a complex is to minimize the environmental impact resulting from energy production and waste treatment (both liquid and …
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ReLife: Transitional Housing for Victims of Natural Disaster
… to provide solutions, a new typology must be designed. This thesis proposes a new typology that will create a responsive design that is efficient, aesthetic, environmentally conscious, and ready for implementation. Transitional housing can be defined as housing that is used during the …