Sustainable Design
Including sustainability in the design process provides manufacturers with the potential to significantly improve the environmental, social and economic performance of a manufacturing business.
To realise holistic improvements, SMART has adopted an integrated approach to sustainable design based on simultaneous consideration of product, process, and plant development. The ultimate objective of this body of research is to go beyond current bolt-on approaches to environmental design, in order to fully embed sustainability considerations throughout the design process from the outset.
You can find more details about our work in this area below, however, if you want to know more about our future activities, please contact us for further information.
Related Projects
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Sustainable Strategic Support Framework for the Toy Industry
This project proposes a systematic framework for addressing the ‘Societal Value’ of toys as part of an integrated sustainability assessment and allows the evaluation and comparison beyond products’ shared functionality.
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Designing Ubiquitous Sustainability into Product Design Processes
This project investigated how sustainability considerations can be systematically incorporated into product design processes.
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End-of-life Management of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
A review of end-of-life options for solid -oxide fuel cells.
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End-of-Life Recovery and Recycling Technologies in White Goods Sector
Improving WEEE recovery through the application of a novel recycling process planning framework.
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