A research roadmap for sustainable design methods and toolsShow others and affiliations
2020 (English)In: Sustainability, E-ISSN 2071-1050, Vol. 12, no 19, article id 8174Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Sustainable design methods and tools abound, but their implementation in practice remains marginal. This article brings together results from previous literature reviews and analyses of sustainable design methods and tools, as well as input from design researchers and professional practitioners to identify the needs and gaps in the area. It results in a shared vision of how sustainable design methods and tools can be more tightly integrated into mainstream product design and development, as well as the current state of practice and research in relation to four central questions: What are the needs and values of industry regarding sustainable design? What improvements in sustainable design methods and tools would most drive industry forward? How should researchers move forwardwith developingmore useful sustainable designmethods and tools? Howcan sustainable design be more effectively integrated into industry? A roadmap for the international sustainable design research community is proposed with descriptions of short-, medium-, and long-term tasks for addressing each question. The purpose is to support collective progress and discussions on method and tool development and adoption, and to enablemore tangible success inmainstreaming sustainable design practices in industry. © 2020 by the authors.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
MDPI, 2020. Vol. 12, no 19, article id 8174
Keywords [en]
Design methodologies, Design methods and tools, Industry adoption, Product development, Research agenda, Sustainable design, design method, literature review, research method, sustainable development
National Category
Design
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:bth-20792DOI: 10.3390/su12198174ISI: 000586456900001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85092635706OAI: oai:DiVA.org:bth-20792DiVA, id: diva2:1504265
Part of project
Product Sustainability Information: supporting communication between customers and product developers (PROSIT), Knowledge Foundation
Funder
Knowledge Foundation, 20180130
Note
open access
2020-11-272020-11-272023-01-18Bibliographically approved