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80%of environmentalimpactsof a product or service can be locked-in at the design stage
why ecodesign?
image source: WRAP
general furniture impacts
1.production phase resource consumption (raw materials, coatings, solvents, and water)
2.production phase emissions (emissions to air, effluent, solid waste)
3.production phase energy consumption
4.transportation
5.end-of-life (EOL) treatment
source: tom dixon
source: tom dixon
source: inhabitat, Droog, Jens Praet
source: Raw Nerve
source: Droog
source: Maria Elena Moretti
so, why are companies and designers looking at the issue?
400,000 tonnes of furniture is dumped every year in the UK
business in the community 2008
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Image www.castlereagh.gov.uk
£32Landfill Tax UK
Landfill tax in the UK has risen from £7.00 per tonne in 1996 to £32.00 in 2008
source: UNEP
how do we design out impacts?
popular measurement methods
1.Life Cycle Analysis
2.Carbon footprinting
3.Eco-indicators
4.Cradle to Cradle protocol
5.Priority matrix
source: Steelcase, Herman MIller
Material Processing
Production
Packaging
Transport/Retail
Consumption
Waste
Landfill
Remanufacturing/Repurposing
Source: CRR & Envirowise (2007) An Introduction to Remanufacturing GG773
Product reuse
Material recycling and reuse
Energy from Waste
ReduceReuseRepairRefurbishRemanufactureRepurposeRecoverRecycle
life cycle thinking
case studies
furniture industry research association
Envirowise
orangebox, formway, herman miller, steelcase
The Sustainable Furnishings Council