The document discusses system design for eco-efficiency. It describes an approach that involves designing integrated systems of products and services to fulfill demands while promoting new socio-economic stakeholder interactions and participated design between stakeholders, with the goal of orienting these processes toward more eco-efficient solutions. It lists several criteria for system design for eco-efficiency, including optimizing the system life, reducing transportation and distribution, minimizing resources and waste, conserving and using biocompatible materials, and reducing toxins.

1. carlo vezzoli politecnico di milano . INDACO dpt. . DIS . faculty of design . Italy Learning Network on Sustainability course System Design for Sustainability subject 3. System design for eco-efficency learning resource 3.2 System design for eco-efficiency

2. CONTENTS “ Satisfaction-system” approach “ Stakeholders’ interactions” approach Objective: system eco-efficency System design for eco-efficiency criteria System life optimisation Transportation-distribution reduction Resources reduction Waste minimisation-valorisation Conservation-biocompatibility Toxic reduction

7. > CRITERIA AND GUIDELINES ARE NEEDED > METHODS AND TOOLS ARE NEEDED to orientate design towards system eco-efficent stakeholder interactions 3. NOT ALL SYSTEM INNOVATION ARE ECO-EFFICENT!

8. few are the methods/tools for system design and its orientation towards eco-efficient solutions METHODS/TOOLS

9. Methodology for Product-Service System Innovation. How to develop clean, clever and competitive strategies in companies edited by van Halen, Vezzoli, Wimmer Van Gorcum, The Netherlands, 2005 e.g. MEPSS, EU RESEARCH, 2005 ME thodology for P roduct- S ervice S ystem development project founded by EU, 5FP, growth

10. … SOME OF MEPSS TOOLS… www.mepss-sdo.polimi.it Sustainability system Design-Orienting (SDO) toolkit Stakeholder System Map Interaction story board

11. SYSTEM DESIGN FOR ECO-EFFICIENCY CRITERIA System life optimisation Transportation-distribution reduction Resources reduction Waste minimisation-valorisation Conservation-biocompatibility Toxic reduction

12. SYSTEM LIFE OPTIMISATION DESIGN FOR, SYSTEM STAKEHOLDERS’ INTERACTIONS LEADING TO, EXTEND ING THE SUM OF THE PRODUCTS’ LIFE SPAN AND INTENS IFYING THE SUM OF THE PRODUCTS’ USE

13. given function in time USE AVOIDED IMPACTS LIGHTER IMPACTS short product’s (system sum) life extended product’s (system sum) life PRODUCTION DISTRIBUTION USE PRE-PRODUCTION NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND TECHNIQUES WITH LOWER USE CONSUMPTION USE DISP. P-PROD. PROD . DISTR . UPDATING OF THE COMPONENTS CAUSING CONSUMPTION PRE-PRODUCTION PRODUCTION DISTRIBUTION USE DISPOSAL PRE-PRODUCTION PRODUCTION DISTRIBUTION USE

14. LIFE INDIPENDENT FROM LENGHT OF USE AVOIDED IMPACTS product’s (system sum) not intense life product’s (system sum) intense life P-PROD . PROD . DISTR . DISPOS . use (function) during time P-PROD . PROD . DISTR . DISPOS . P-PROD . PROD . DISTR . DISPOS . P-PROD . PROD . DISTR . DISPOS . B 1 B 2 B 3 A 1 A 2 A 3 C 1 C 2 C 3 A 1 A 2 A 3 B 1 B 2 B 3 C 1 C 2 C 3

15. PP P DT PP P DT PP P DT PP P DT DS use (function) during of time NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND TECHNIQUES WITH LOWER USE CONSUMPTION NEW PRE AND POST CONSUMPTION TECHNOLOGIES WITH LOWER IMPACT LIFE FUNCTION OF LENGHT OF USE product’s (system sum) not intense life product’s (system sum) intense life LIGHTER IMPACTS LIGHTER IMPACTS DS DS DS PP P D DS PP P DT DS

16. TRANSPORTATION/DISTRIBUTION REDUCTION DESIGN FOR, SYSTEM STAKEHOLDERS’ INTERACTIONS LEADING TO, REDUCING THE SUM OF THE TRANSPORTATIONS AND PACKAGINGS

17. RESOURCES REDUCTION DESIGN FOR, SYSTEM STAKEHOLDERS’ INTERACTIONS LEADING TO, REDUCING THE SUM OF THE RESOURCES USED BY ALL PRODUCTS AND SERVICES OF THE SYSTEM

19. WASTE MINIMIZZATION/VALORISATION DESIGN FOR, SYSTEM STAKEHOLDERS’ INTERACTIONS LEADING TO, IMPROVING THE SUM OF THE SYSTEM RECYCLING, ENERGY RECOVERY AND COMPOSTING AND REDUCING THE SUM OF THE WASTE PRODUCED

20. material (system sum ) non-extended life material (system sum ) extended life AVOIDED IMPACTS ADDITIONAL IMPACTS PRE-PRODUCTION PRODUCTION DISTRIBUTION USE LANDFILL PRODUCTION DISTRIBUTION USE PRE-PRODUCTION PRODUCTION DISTRIBUTION USE RECYCLING COMBUSTION COMPOSTING PRE-PRODUCTION

21. CONSERVATION/BIOCOMPATIBILITY DESIGN FOR, SYSTEM STAKEHOLDERS’ INTERACTIONS LEADING TO, IMPROVING THE SUM OF THE SYSTEM’S RESOURCES CONSERVATION/RENEWABILITY

23. TOXIC REDUCTION DESIGN FOR, SYSTEM STAKEHOLDERS’ INTERACTIONS LEADING TO, REDUCING/AVOIDING THE SUM OF THE SYSTEM’S RESOURCES TOXICITY AND HARMFULNESS