Achieving environmental sustainability with ecodesign practices and tools for new product development

dc.contributor.authorJugend, Daniel [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorPinheiro, Marco Antonio Paula [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorLuiz, João Victor Rojas [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorJunior, Angelo Varandas
dc.contributor.authorCauchick-Miguel, Paulo Augusto
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade de São Paulo (USP)
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC)
dc.date.accessioned2020-12-12T02:37:58Z
dc.date.available2020-12-12T02:37:58Z
dc.date.issued2019-01-01
dc.description.abstractEcodesign is recognized as the practice of reducing environmental impacts in the early phases of new product development (NPD) as well as the product life cycle. It contributes to the development of environmentally sustainable products (eco-friendly products) and thus to environmental sustainability. Nevertheless, studies have pointed out difficulties in adopting ecodesign for practitioners and scholars. To contribute to this subject, this chapter discusses ecodesign practices and tools from three NPD perspectives. The first emphasizes the importance of integrating ecodesign in the process of NPD and product portfolio decision-making. The second perspective deals with methods and tools that foster practical applications of ecodesign, such as environmental quality function deployment; the materials, energy, and toxicity matrix; and the ecodesign checklist. Third, predominant issues that motivate ecodesign are discussed in addition to some barriers to adopting it. This chapter also describes some examples of ecodesign research and applications in Brazilian companies.en
dc.description.affiliationProduction Engineering Department São Paulo State University (UNESP)
dc.description.affiliationUniversity of São Paulo (USP)
dc.description.affiliationDepartment of Production and Systems Engineering Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC)
dc.description.affiliationUnespProduction Engineering Department São Paulo State University (UNESP)
dc.format.extent179-207
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-817382-4.00006-X
dc.identifier.citationInnovation Strategies in Environmental Science, p. 179-207.
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/B978-0-12-817382-4.00006-X
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85082071139
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/201642
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofInnovation Strategies in Environmental Science
dc.sourceScopus
dc.subjectCircular economy
dc.subjectEco-innovation
dc.subjectEcodesign
dc.subjectNew product development
dc.subjectStakeholders
dc.subjectSustainable design
dc.titleAchieving environmental sustainability with ecodesign practices and tools for new product developmenten
dc.typeCapítulo de livro
unesp.departmentEngenharia de Produção - FEBpt

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