LIDS Wheel - VIVES

Summary

This presentation introduces the Life Cycle Design Strategies (LIST VIEW) tool, which evaluates a product's environmental impact across its life cycle. It highlights criteria like using low-impact materials, reducing material usage, optimizing production and distribution, minimizing use-phase impact, ensuring easy maintenance, and facilitating end-of-life reuse or recycling. The ultimate goal is to develop sustainable products, potentially avoiding unnecessary products altogether or shifting to service-based models.

Takeaways

• 🔄 The List View tool assesses the environmental impact throughout the entire life cycle of a product, from material extraction to end-of-life.
• 📊 For each life cycle stage, various criteria are assessed, and the better a product scores, the more complete the circle becomes for that specific criterion.
• 🌿 Low-impact materials are vital as they reduce environmental harm and are healthier for ecosystems and human health.
• ♻️ Using renewable materials that can be reduced, reused, or recycled is crucial for sustainable product development.
• ⚡️ Reducing material usage, such as through 3D printing, minimizes waste and conserves resources.
• 🔧 Optimizing production techniques involves using environmentally friendly processes, renewable energy, and minimizing production waste.
• 🚚 Sustainable distribution systems should prioritize eco-friendly transport methods and low-impact, efficient packaging.
• 🔋 Reducing the environmental impact during the use phase of products involves energy efficiency and cleaner energy sources.
• 🛠 Ensuring easy maintenance and modularity allows for the replacement of parts, extending the product’s lifespan.
• 🔄 Optimizing end-of-life by designing for disassembly and using recyclable materials promotes reuse and recycling.

Q & A

What does the List View tool assess?

The List View tool assesses every step in the life cycle of a product, from material extraction to the end of its life, to evaluate its environmental impact.

How does the scoring system work in the List View tool?

The scoring system evaluates different criteria in the product's life cycle. A higher score in a particular category means better environmental performance for that criterion.

What are low-impact materials, and why are they important?

Low-impact materials are materials that have minimal environmental effects. They are important because they reduce negative impacts on human health, ecosystems, and biodiversity.

What should be considered when choosing materials for a product?

When selecting materials, designers should prioritize renewable, recyclable, reusable materials, and avoid energy-intensive materials.

How can material usage be minimized in product design?

Designers can minimize material usage by using only what is necessary for the product's application and employing efficient manufacturing methods, such as 3D printing to reduce waste.

What are some ways to optimize production techniques for sustainability?

Optimizing production techniques can involve using environmentally friendly methods, renewable energy, reducing waste, and eliminating unnecessary production processes.

How can distribution systems be made more environmentally friendly?

Distribution can be optimized by using environmentally friendly transport methods, reducing packaging, and using low-impact or reusable packaging.

What is the importance of optimizing the use phase of a product?

Optimizing the use phase reduces the environmental impact by lowering energy consumption, using cleaner energy sources, and minimizing waste, such as switching from single-use products to more sustainable alternatives.

What does it mean to optimize the end-of-life phase of a product?

Optimizing the end-of-life phase involves designing products for easy disassembly, reuse, and recycling of materials to reduce waste and extend the product's life.

What is New Concept development in the context of sustainability?

New Concept development focuses on avoiding unnecessary products, replacing physical products with services, and promoting shared economies to reduce the environmental footprint on the consumer side.