Machines. Technologies. Materials.
Vol. 17 (2023), Issue 1, pg(s) 35-37

TECHNOLOGIES

Design for Sustainability: A Review

  • 1 Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Skopje, North Macedonia

Abstract

Sustainability is topic of great concern since the last decade and still today does not lose of its popularity. Reason for that is that the contemporary way of living is causing great damages to the environment. Designers have been talking about changing the ways in which the products are designed in order to have sustainable product. But, for achieving sustainability many aspects need to be addressed, such as: cultural, social, economical and technological. Nowadays, we believe that these aspects are on higher level and we can talk about sustainable design.
Every product development process starts with the design phase and this is why we believe that it is most important for making improvements of the products. In this paper we have the premise that good and appropriate design can have positive influence on the sustainability. In order to check the validity of the premise we are reviewing paper dealing with sustainability, eco design, and engineering materials.

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