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This volume is a technical and operative contribution to the United Nations "Decade on Education for Sustainable Development" (2005-2014), aiding the development of a new generation of designers, responsible and able in the task of designing environmentally sustainable products. The book provides a comprehensive framework and a practical tool to support the design process. This is an important text for those interested in the product development processes.

Design for Environmental Sustainability: Life Cycle Design of Products

Introduction.- Preface and acknowledgement.- Sustainable development and Discontinuity.- Evolution of Sustainability in Design Research and Practice.- Life Cycle Design.- Minimising Material Consumption.- Minimising Energy Consumption Minimising.- Minimising Resources toxicity and harmfulness.- Optimize Renewable and Bio-compatible Resources.- Product Lifetime Optimisation.- Extending the Lifespan of Materials.- Facilitating Disassembly.- Constraints and opportunities for an LCD approach.- Environmental Complexity and Designing Activity.- The Environmental Impact of Products: Life Cycle Assessment.- Environmentally Sustainable Design-orienting Tools.- The MPDS nethod.