Hide and seek − a systemic approach to sustainability in product development

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dc.contributor.authorMarwede, Max
dc.contributor.authorWagner, Eduard
dc.contributor.authorJaeger‐Erben, Melanie
dc.date.accessioned2022-09-08T09:44:52Z
dc.date.available2022-09-08T09:44:52Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractThe size and extend of a product’s environmental impact along its life-cycle is mainly determined in the design phase. So far, studies on product design processes show that Design for Longevity criteria such as reparability, maintainability, and upgradeability are only considered secondarily or in exceptional cases. The crucial questions is why available eco-design processes as well as respective tools, methods are not used widely in the industry. To answer this question we conducted a literature review and semi-structured interviews with several product development experts about product development processes, particularly asking about criteria influencing design decision, and the relevance of measures to prolong the lifetime of products. The qualitative data revealed a number of categories for barriers and enablers for the integration of longevity into the product development. Based on that we developed a systemic approach to the conditions facilitating the integration of longevity into the product development process. At system-level, longevity is integrated into the product development process if the relevant strategic and operational knowledge and knowhow is available, if “environmental” values are integrated in the company’s strategies, processes decisions, culture, and mind-sets, if the production equipment, the infrastructure, materials, and components are available, if a close collaboration across departments and within a partner-network on equal footing can take place, and of course if the political framework supports long living products. Seeing the many “ifs” it becomes clear that it’s not only about changing single processes but changing a company’s internal practices and culture as well as the external drivers.en
dc.identifier.isbn978-3-7983-3125-9
dc.identifier.urihttps://depositonce.tu-berlin.de/handle/11303/17391
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.14279/depositonce-16172
dc.language.isoen
dc.relation.ispartof10.14279/depositonce-9253
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject.ddc500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik
dc.subject.ddc600 Technik, Technologie
dc.subject.ddc300 Sozialwissenschaften
dc.subject.otherdesign for longevityen
dc.subject.otherecodesign processen
dc.subject.otherbarriers and enablersen
dc.subject.otherinterviewsen
dc.subject.othersystemic Approachen
dc.titleHide and seek − a systemic approach to sustainability in product developmenten
dc.typeConference Objecten
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.editorNissen, Nils F.
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.editorJaeger-Erben, Melanie
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.originalpublishernameUniversitätsverlag der TU Berlinen
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.originalpublisherplaceBerlinen
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.pageend531
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.pagestart525
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.proceedingstitlePLATE – Product lifetimes and the environment : 3rd PLATE Conference, September 18–20, 2019 Berlin, Germany
tub.accessrights.dnbfreeen
tub.affiliationFak. 4 Elektrotechnik und Informatik::Inst. Hochfrequenz- und Halbleiter-Systemtechnologien::FG Transdisziplinäre Nachhaltigkeitsforschung in der Elektronik
tub.affiliation.facultyFak. 4 Elektrotechnik und Informatik
tub.affiliation.groupFG Transdisziplinäre Nachhaltigkeitsforschung in der Elektronik
tub.affiliation.instituteInst. Hochfrequenz- und Halbleiter-Systemtechnologien
tub.publisher.universityorinstitutionUniversitätsverlag der TU Berlinen

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