Search for dissertations about: "eco design"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 66 swedish dissertations containing the words eco design.

  2. 1. Regenerative Place-making

    Author : Sigrid Östlund; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; waste-resource cycles; dérive; designerly thinking; beyond sustainability; place-making; spatial design; nonmodern narratives; collective public life; regenerative design; schema;

    Abstract : Increased population and movement in the age of unsettlement affects local cultural institutions, ecological constitutions and the ontological sense of belonging. These conditions are arguably influenced by the mounting waste produced by the throw-away culture of the age of the ephemeral. READ MORE

  4. 2. Driving it home! Exploring and enhancing the adoption of eco-driving

    Author : Helena Strömberg; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; pro-environmental behaviour; exploratory approach; behaviour change; interventions; eco-driving;

    Abstract : One strategy to reduce the environmental impact of the transport sector is to increase the adoption of eco-driving among both professional and private drivers. Attempts to introduce eco-driving have though had varying success, and many questions remain to be answered. READ MORE

  5. 3. Bling? Roles and Contradictions in Design

    Author : Despina Christoforidou; Industridesign; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Designers’ roles; Bling; breach; contradictions; cultural norms and values; informed provocation.;

    Abstract : In their professional practice, designers serve different roles as experts in user behaviour, taste experts and conveyors of symbolic meaning. Combining these roles, however, is not necessarily unproblematic, especially so in contexts that are incongruent with the personal preferences of the designer. READ MORE

  6. 4. Design for disassembly : Environmentally adapted product development based on prepared disassembly and sorting

    Author : Conrad Luttropp; KTH; []
    Keywords : recycling; conceptual design; product design; design for disassembly; ECO performance; sorting objects; sorting borders; separating surfaces; resting loadcases; matching indices; scrapping forecast;

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  7. 5. Advancement in product design strategies in early phases of design

    Author : Jessica Lagerstedt; KTH; []
    Keywords : Design for environment; Life-cycle design; Eco-design; Eco-industrial methods; Product characteristics; Customer benefit; Value analysis; Functional profile; Product properties; Functional preferences; Environmental strategies;

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