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Title: | Product Eco-Design in the Era of Circular Economy: Experiences in the Design of Espresso Coffee Machines | Authors: | Favi, Claudio Marconi, Marco Rossi, Marta Cappelletti, Federica |
Issue Date: | 2021 | Abstract: | Product eco-design includes several methodologies aimed at supporting companies in the development of sustainable products. Currently, this theme is assuming an important role in both the academia and industry worlds due to the increasing attention to environmental problems and the need for a transition toward circular economy business/organizational models. In this context, the present paper focuses on the industrial sector of espresso coffee machines manufacturing which has several unexploited potentialities. The analysis of the sector specificity (internal and external contexts), as well as of the product lifecycle allowed to define an eco-design framework to guide companies involved in the design and production of espresso coffee machines. Effective eco-design strategies should include the combined use of specific methods, tools and metrics to manage all the most important lifecycle phases (beginning of life, middle of life, end of life) during the design activities in order to set preventive actions that avoid future potential environmental impacts. Only in this way, the environmental and economic benefits of the circular economy paradigm (e.g. remanufacturing/reuse of selected components) can be practically exploited in real industrial contexts. The presented case studies confirmed that the application of design for disassembly rules positively contributes to increase the product performances during maintenance and end of life, while a re-design oriented to component modularity could be a key strategy to pursue remanufacturing for boilers, a key and expensive component included in espresso coffee machines. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2067/43731 | ISBN: | 978-3-030-31153-7 | DOI: | 10.1007/978-3-030-70566-4_31 |
Appears in Collections: | B1. Contributo in volume (Capitolo o Saggio) |
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