Preface
EcoDesign has been a core concept for the manufacturing industry in its efforts to
transform the mass production, mass consumption, and mass disposal paradigm
toward achieving sustainability. In the last two decades, the ecosystem of the
manufacturing industry has been rapidly changing, especially when we look at
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), circular economy, and digitalization. In
addition, the COVID-19 pandemic has drastically changed our lifestyles to the
“New Normal,” where a typical example is to shift from working in office to
working from home using a teleconference system. In response to such emerging
needs and enablers, though the impact of COVID-19 has not yet been considered,
the scope of EcoDesign has been expanding to cover more diversified areas, such as
environmentally conscious design of products, services, manufacturing systems,
supply chain, consumption, economies, and society.
This book collates 79 papers out of 205 papers presented at EcoDesign 2019—
the 11th International Symposium on Environmentally Conscious Design and
Inverse Manufacturing, which was held in Yokohama, Japan from November 25 to
27, 2019. All the 79 papers were peer-reviewed by the EcoDesign 2019 Executive
committee. Celebrating the 20 years anniversary of the symposium since its first
occurrence in 1999, EcoDesign 2019 provided the excellent platform to share the
state-of-the-art research and practices in the field of EcoDesign. The total of 278
researchers and practitioners from 28 countries participated in EcoDesign 2019.
The book consists of two volumes, i.e., the first volume focuses on “Products,
Services, and Business Models” and the second volume focuses on “Social
Perspectives and Sustainability Assessment.” Reflecting the expansion of the
symposium scope, the book chapters cover broad areas—product and service
design, business models and policies, circular production and life cycle management, green technologies, sustainable manufacturing, sustainable design and user
behavior, sustainable consumption and production, ecodesign of social infrastructure, sustainability education, sustainability assessment and indicators, and energy
system design. We believe that the methods, tools, and practices described in the
chapters are useful for readers to facilitate value creation for sustainability.
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EcoDesign has been a core concept for the manufacturing industry in its efforts to
transform the mass production, mass consumption, and mass disposal paradigm
toward achieving sustainability. In the last two decades, the ecosystem of the
manufacturing industry has been rapidly changing, especially when we look at
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), circular economy, and digitalization. In
addition, the COVID-19 pandemic has drastically changed our lifestyles to the
“New Normal,” where a typical example is to shift from working in office to
working from home using a teleconference system. In response to such emerging
needs and enablers, though the impact of COVID-19 has not yet been considered,
the scope of EcoDesign has been expanding to cover more diversified areas, such as
environmentally conscious design of products, services, manufacturing systems,
supply chain, consumption, economies, and society.
This book collates 79 papers out of 205 papers presented at EcoDesign 2019—
the 11th International Symposium on Environmentally Conscious Design and
Inverse Manufacturing, which was held in Yokohama, Japan from November 25 to
27, 2019. All the 79 papers were peer-reviewed by the EcoDesign 2019 Executive
committee. Celebrating the 20 years anniversary of the symposium since its first
occurrence in 1999, EcoDesign 2019 provided the excellent platform to share the
state-of-the-art research and practices in the field of EcoDesign. The total of 278
researchers and practitioners from 28 countries participated in EcoDesign 2019.
The book consists of two volumes, i.e., the first volume focuses on “Products,
Services, and Business Models” and the second volume focuses on “Social
Perspectives and Sustainability Assessment.” Reflecting the expansion of the
symposium scope, the book chapters cover broad areas—product and service
design, business models and policies, circular production and life cycle management, green technologies, sustainable manufacturing, sustainable design and user
behavior, sustainable consumption and production, ecodesign of social infrastructure, sustainability education, sustainability assessment and indicators, and energy
system design. We believe that the methods, tools, and practices described in the
chapters are useful for readers to facilitate value creation for sustainability.
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