Abstract
Emergence of multiple-function products (MFPs) poses a variety of challenges and risks for achieving sustainable consumption and production as well as fair consumer society and universal design. We
overviewed MFPs from these viewpoints and then, focusing on product standard as a means to create mechanisms to reduce environmental loads from products, elucidated advantages and limitation of five
approaches of standard-setting for MFPs. The five approches examined were (1) neglecting a multiple function, (2) individual presentation of every function, (3) integrated evaluation of functions, (4)
segementation of products, and (5) use of frontier analysis.
overviewed MFPs from these viewpoints and then, focusing on product standard as a means to create mechanisms to reduce environmental loads from products, elucidated advantages and limitation of five
approaches of standard-setting for MFPs. The five approches examined were (1) neglecting a multiple function, (2) individual presentation of every function, (3) integrated evaluation of functions, (4)
segementation of products, and (5) use of frontier analysis.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Design for innovative value towards sustainable society --- Proceedings of Eco-Design 2011: 7th International Conference on Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing |
| Editors | Yasushi Umeda, Shigehito Ibuka, Mitsutaka Matsumoto, Keijiro Matsui |
| Publisher | Springer |
| Pages | 476-481 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Publication status | Published - 2011 |
Publication series
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| Volume | 7 |
Subject classification (UKÄ)
- Other Social Sciences
Free keywords
- multi-functionality
- product standards
- frontier products