Conference paper
From LCA to PSS – Making leaps towards sustainability by applying product/service-system thinking in product development
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is the standardised and globally recognised tool for quantifying environmental impact of goods and services. A key aspect in LCA is the consideration of whole life cycle systems. The application of LCA in product development inherently comprises the quest for optimisations on all system levels.
However, as the act of ecodesign conventionally focuses on physical products, the search for potential optimisations is usually directed ‘downwards’, i.e. towards lower system levels, resulting in optimised components within products rather than optimised products within their surrounding systems. This paper will exemplify that when broadening the ecodesign horizon to environmental product/service-system (PSS) design, there is a better possibility of applying a system-oriented life cycle thinking approach, and therefore a potential to yield extreme improvements towards sustainability.
Language: | English |
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Publisher: | Katholieke Universiteit Leuven |
Year: | 2006 |
Pages: | 571-576 |
Proceedings: | 13th CIRP International Conference on Life Cycle Engineering |
Journal subtitle: | 13th Cirp International Conference on Life Cycle Engineering |
ISBN: | 905682712x and 9789056827120 |
Types: | Conference paper |
ORCIDs: | Bey, Niki and McAloone, Timothy Charles |
Design Design for sustainability Design methodology Design teaching Ecodesign Innovation Innovation strategy Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Product/Service-System (PSS), system-oriented thinking, ecodesign, product development PD methods PSS Product life Product life cycle Product/service-system SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy product/service-system design service-oriented design