The Decision Model of Sustainable Design and Development of Product Servicizing under Low Carbon Society

• Main Authors: Yu-Chen Huang, 黃裕宸
• Other Authors: Jui-Che Tu
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2014
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/09261708345419122538

博士 === 國立雲林科技大學 === 設計學研究所 === 103 === Global warming, climatic change, energy saving and carbon reduction have become important issues in the world. In recent years, numerous countries, including Taiwan, have paid attention to the implementation of a carbon system and related regulations. For instance, the UK plans to reduce 60% CO2 in 2050 by comparing to 1990, and Japan plans to reduce 80% CO2 in 2050. The Climate Change Conference of the UN, was held in Durban, South Africa, agrees to extend the deadline of the Kyoto Protocol for emission reduction in developed countries for five more years. A legal agreement will be established and developed countries and developing countries will be included in the scope of emission reduction in 2020. In response to the global trend of low carbon and the concept of sustainable development, low carbon and green products have been developed. Upon such environmental trends, regarding product design and development, enterprises will develop R&D for the manufacturing of energy-saving and sustainable products and low carbon products. The economic performance of enterprises should match their environmental performance. Therefore, enterprises must have complete control of carbon emission during product design and development. If enterprises can minimize the carbon mission during the product life cycle, the effort can significantly improve the energy-saving effectiveness of product design and R&D, as well as the related environmental impact. The low environmental impact of product servicizing can enhance the sustainable product effect and lead to a low carbon society. Moreover, it will be a key factor of corporate sustainable development and design & development strategies for sustainable products. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to construct a decision model for sustainable design and development of product servicizing under low carbon society. The complete research purposes are described as follows: First of all, we used the grounded theory to extract the results of the expert interviews to analyze factors of sustainable design and development for principles of product servicizing under low carbon society as the base of sustainable product design and development. Secondly, we established a sustainable design and development checklist for product servicizing under low carbon society based on life cycle as the criterion of evaluation for sustainable product design and development. Last, we integrated literature reviews and sustainable design and development principles and the checklist of product servicizing under low carbon society to construct a decision model for sustainable design and development of product servicizing under low carbon society. At the same time, we validated the case of “office desk furniture” and conducted analysis and assessment by expert interviews to establish principles of sustainable design and development for office desk furniture. And we compared difference between the original design and the improved design with Life-cycle Design Strategy Wheel proposed in the literature review. Finally, we confirmed the decision model for sustainable design and development of product servicizing under low carbon society that can achieve the goal of sustainable design and development. As a result of this research can help enterprises to meet the requirements of the EU Environmental Directive, as well as the new trend of a low carbon society and product service systems. Hence, the products will have more competitive advantages in the international market, and also achieve a new vision for the sustainable development of enterprises.