Application of ecodesign strategies amongst Australian industrial design consultancies

Behrisch, JC; Ramirez Jr, M; Giurco, D

Application of ecodesign strategies amongst Australian industrial design consultancies

Behrisch, JC Ramirez Jr, M Giurco, D

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Publisher:: LeNS (the Learning Network on Sustainability)
Publication Type:: Conference Proceeding
Citation:: Sustainability in Design: Now! Challenges and Opportunities for Design Research, Education and Practice in the XXI Century. Proceedings of the LeNS Conference, Bangalore, India 29th September to 1st October 2010 (Volume II), 2010, pp. 1377 - 1387
Issue Date:: 2010-01

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dc.contributor.author	Behrisch, JC	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Ramirez Jr, M	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Giurco, D https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1707-9531	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Ceschin, F	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Vezzoli, C	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Zhang, J	en_US
dc.date	2010-09-29	en_US
dc.date.issued	2010-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Sustainability in Design: Now! Challenges and Opportunities for Design Research, Education and Practice in the XXI Century. Proceedings of the LeNS Conference, Bangalore, India 29th September to 1st October 2010 (Volume II), 2010, pp. 1377 - 1387	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	978-1-906093-55-6	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/16568
dc.description.abstract	By promoting and applying ecologically sustainable design (ecodesign) strategies in the product planning stage, industrial designers can have significant influence on reducing the environmental impacts of products. Despite this potential, there remains little quantitative analysis of the awareness, application and influence of ecodesign praxis amongst industrial designers. This paper presents a comprehensive content analysis of the websites of 96 industrial design (ID) consultancies in Australia, probing for evidences of ecodesign application in each companys capability statement and project portfolios. Our study found that that less than half of consultancies visibly promote their ecodesign activities on websites.	en_US
dc.publisher	LeNS (the Learning Network on Sustainability)	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Sustainability in Design: Now! Challenges and Opportunities for Design Research, Education and Practice in the XXI Century. Proceedings of the LeNS Conference, Bangalore, India 29th September to 1st October 2010 (Volume II)	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Sustainability in Design: NOW! Challenges and Opportunities for Design Research, Education and Practice in the XXI Century.	en_US
dc.title	Application of ecodesign strategies amongst Australian industrial design consultancies	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
utslib.location	Bangalore, India	en_US
utslib.location.activity	Bangalore, India	en_US
utslib.for	1203 Design Practice and Management	en_US
dc.location.activity	Bangalore, India	en_US
dc.location.activity	Sydney Design 2010
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/DVC (Research)
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/DVC (Research)/Institute For Sustainable Futures
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - ISF - Institute for Sustainable Futures
utslib.copyright.status	open_access
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pubs.place-of-publication	Bangalore, India	en_US
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Abstract:

By promoting and applying ecologically sustainable design (ecodesign) strategies in the product planning stage, industrial designers can have significant influence on reducing the environmental impacts of products. Despite this potential, there remains little quantitative analysis of the awareness, application and influence of ecodesign praxis amongst industrial designers. This paper presents a comprehensive content analysis of the websites of 96 industrial design (ID) consultancies in Australia, probing for evidences of ecodesign application in each companys capability statement and project portfolios. Our study found that that less than half of consultancies visibly promote their ecodesign activities on websites.

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