Sustainability in Product Design, Materials and Systems
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Engineering and Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 December 2022) | Viewed by 10002
Special Issue Editors
Interests: environmental engineering; circular economy; industrial symbiosis; sustainable development
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Interests: additive manufacturing; composites; nanomaterials; processing and mechanics of materials; destructive and non-destructive testing; product design
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
It is evident that product design has attracted significant attention lately, both in academia and in industry. Product design is widely considered as the most critical phase in an industrial product’s life cycle, even though product manufacturing can be more costly and the use phase can be the longest and the most resource-demanding phase. This is mainly because most critical decisions regarding a product’s overall performance are considered in this phase. At the same time, sustainable development is becoming a top priority for organizations and enterprises worldwide through the introduction of international initiatives and regional-to-local legislative frameworks. The sustainable performance of products is highly influenced by their design and materials, thus making the lifecycle phase vital for companies to maintain a leading position in the modern, fast-changing, highly-demanding business world.
This Special Issue seeks to contribute to the sustainable production agenda through enriching scientific knowledge to proliferate performance efficiency and support decision making in the industrial sector. In this context, we invite papers on innovative technical developments, reviews, case studies, analytical, as well as assessment, papers from different disciplines, which are relevant to all the different aspects related to product design and sustainable development. Indicatively, the following topics are welcomed in the contributions to the present Special Issue: ecodesign, sustainable product development, sustainable production, life cycle analysis, cradle-to-cradle thinking, design thinking, service design, sustainable manufacturing processes, design-for-environment, design-for-sustainability, design-for-disassembly, reusability–recyclability–repairability, dematerialization and minimization of resource use, green materials, biobased materials engineering, recyclable and biodegradable materials, design for sustainable manufacturing, green manufacturing, sustainability of additive manufacturing, sustainability of subtractive manufacturing, biomimicry in design, modular product design, product longevity, producer stewardship, polluter-pays principle, circular economy, industrial symbiosis, public awareness and sustainable consumption, etc.
Dr. Charisios Achillas
Dr. Dimitrios Tzetzis
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- ecodesign
- sustainable manufacturing and production
- life cycle analysis
- design for sustainability
- design for environment
- producer stewardship
- circular economy
- sustainable consumption
- recyclable and biodegradable materials
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