4. Sustainable Product Design

Question 1

Relationship between design concepts?

Answer 1

Product design: Economic, Functional, Aesthetic & Saftey issues
Eco-Design: + Environment Issues
Sustainable Design: + Social & Ethical Issues

Question 2

Eco-Design Considerations

Answer 2

• Use less material - lower enviro impact
• Avoid toxic/hazardous materials
• Choose cleaner process
• Maximise energy and water efficiencies
• Produce less polution and waste
• Reduce impacts of distribution
• Optimise functionality and extend service life
• Make re-use and recycling easier
• Reduce enviro impact of disposal

Question 3

Sustainable Product Design Considerations?

Answer 3

• Fulfilling socially acceptable demand
• Meeting user needs
• Shift consumption from personal ownership to provision of services providing similar functions
• Support the local ecoomy and job creation
• Incorporate systems thinking
• Respect standards and policies
• Rely on socially acceptable supply chain

Question 4

Design for Disassembly

Answer 4

• Simple produt structure
• Modular design
• Appropriate methods of fastening
• Improve the ease of part seperation
• Consideration for ease of regognition of dissasembly point
• Dissmantling without force
• Easy to acess contaminated materials pripr to mechanical seperation