Customization in Ecodesign

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Crime reduction through design: insights from ecodesign

The recognition for humankind to act in more sustainable ways has evolved new theory and practice within design. This new type of design is commonly described as ecodesign. This paper describes the different approaches to ecodesign and places them within a framework illustrating a broad range of initiatives. Approaches to crime are explored in relation to the ecodesign framework and conceptual ...

Study of ecodesign integration process in French companies

The decision to adopt ecodesign process in companies raises some difficulties highlighted by many authors. Actually, ecodesign integration strategies, notably the SME’s, are mostly intuitive and unconscious. Consequently, it appears important to investigate mechanisms that can assist to monitor environment into product’s design. Particularly, this research will be focused on studying some model...

LCA and EcoDesign in the German Electronics Industries

The electronics industry is particularly affected by the product related environmental legislation of the EU like the Directive 2005/32/EC on the eco-design of Energy-using Products [1]. There are clear indications that numerous companies will have to conduct Life Cycle Assessments (LCA) of their products and will have to integrate EcoDesign by some other means into their product development pr...

Mass Customization

Mass customization can be defined as producing goods and services to meet individual customer’s needs with near mass production efficiency [1]. This term was coined to parallel mass production that relied on producing large volumes of identical products like the Ford Model T line. The fundamental difference between mass production and mass customization is in the amount of product variety that ...