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Enhancing environmental friendliness of electrical consumer products: the effects of design-centered measures.

Author(s) / Creator(s)

Sauer, J.
Rüttinger, B.
Wiese, B. S.

Abstract / Description

This paper is concered with the design of environmentally-friendly electrical appliances. There has been evidence from previous analyses that this product group makes a considerable contribution to the global environmental damage (see Wenzel, Hauschild & Alting, 1997). These analyses have revealed that electricity consumption during roduct utilisation is a primary contributor to a product's environmental impact score. While there is some support available for engineers and designers to reduce the environmantal impact of a product during production and disposal / recycling, there is little guidance for the utilisation phase (Sauer, Wiese, Rüttinger, in press). This is largely due to the high level of uncertainty and interindividual variability associated with user behaviour. Against this background, the work presendet here aims to provide designers with some guidance of how environmental-friendliness of appliances can be improved by optimising user-product interaction during the utilisation phase (e.g., reducing electricity consumption of appliance).

Keyword(s)

Produktentwicklung Industriedesign Umweltverträgliches Produkt Elektrogerät Produktentwicklung Industriedesign Umweltverträgliches Produkt Elektrogerät Product design Environment Electrical appliance

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Date of first publication

2001

Is part of

International Conference on Engineering Design ICED 01, Glasgow, August 21-23, 2001.

Citation

  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Sauer, J.
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Rüttinger, B.
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Wiese, B. S.
  • PsychArchives acquisition timestamp
    2022-11-21T13:55:40Z
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    2009-03-04
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  • Made available on
    2022-11-21T13:55:40Z
  • Date of first publication
    2001
  • Abstract / Description
    This paper is concered with the design of environmentally-friendly electrical appliances. There has been evidence from previous analyses that this product group makes a considerable contribution to the global environmental damage (see Wenzel, Hauschild & Alting, 1997). These analyses have revealed that electricity consumption during roduct utilisation is a primary contributor to a product's environmental impact score. While there is some support available for engineers and designers to reduce the environmantal impact of a product during production and disposal / recycling, there is little guidance for the utilisation phase (Sauer, Wiese, Rüttinger, in press). This is largely due to the high level of uncertainty and interindividual variability associated with user behaviour. Against this background, the work presendet here aims to provide designers with some guidance of how environmental-friendliness of appliances can be improved by optimising user-product interaction during the utilisation phase (e.g., reducing electricity consumption of appliance).
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    unknown
  • Review status
    unknown
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bsz:291-psydok-21745
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11780/585
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.10147
  • Language of content
    eng
  • Is part of
    International Conference on Engineering Design ICED 01, Glasgow, August 21-23, 2001.
  • Keyword(s)
    Produktentwicklung
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  • Keyword(s)
    Industriedesign
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  • Keyword(s)
    Umweltverträgliches Produkt
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  • Keyword(s)
    Elektrogerät
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  • Keyword(s)
    Produktentwicklung
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  • Keyword(s)
    Industriedesign
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  • Keyword(s)
    Umweltverträgliches Produkt
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  • Keyword(s)
    Elektrogerät
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  • Keyword(s)
    Product design
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  • Keyword(s)
    Environment
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  • Keyword(s)
    Electrical appliance
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  • Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)
    150
  • Title
    Enhancing environmental friendliness of electrical consumer products: the effects of design-centered measures.
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  • DRO type
    bookPart
  • Visible tag(s)
    PsyDok