2.6 Eco-Design

Question 1

What is eco-design?

Answer 1

a more comprehensive approach than green design as it focuses on all three environmental categories - material, energy, pollution and waste, at once, making it more complex

Question 2

What is the timescale to implement eco-design?

Answer 2

Often focuses on radical changes at a long timescale

Question 3

What is a cradle-to-cradle design?

Answer 3

An approach to design that aims to eliminate waste and where products are meant to be made again

Question 4

What is a cradle-to-grave design?

Answer 4

An approach to design that considers the environmental effects of a product all of the way from manufacture to disposal

Question 5

What is a life cycle analysis (LCA)

Answer 5

a tool used to assess the environmental impact of a design

Question 6

What stages of a product’s life does the LCA analyze?

Answer 6

Preproduction
Production
Distribution
Utilization
Disposal

Question 7

What are the environmental considerations of the LCA?

Answer 7

Pollution
Contamination
Consumption of natural resources/ energy