USING ECODESIGN GUIDELINES FOR CONCEPT EVALUATION: FINDINGS FROM AN EXPERIMENT
DS 77: Proceedings of the DESIGN 2014 13th International Design Conference
Year: 2014
Editor: Marjanovic Dorian, Storga Mario, Pavkovic Neven, Bojcetic Nenad
Author: Midžic, I.; Štorga, M.; Marjanovic ,D.
Series: DESIGN
Section: DESIGN METHODS
Page(s): 313-322
Abstract
Research presented in this paper considers eco-evaluation of product’s concepts. Literature review shows that there is a wide variety of analytic environmental methods and tools, but they are not ideally fitted for evaluation of products at their conceptual development stage. Analytical tools provide detailed and usually systematic analysis at specific stages of product development process or its life cycle. A case study that compares work of novice designers with and without ecodesign guidelines is presented.
Keywords: ecodesign guidelines, ecodesign methods, concept evaluation, environmental value, eco-value