TY - CHAP
T1 - Implications of open source design for sustainability
AU - Bonvoisin, Jérémy
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - In order to cope with the challenges of sustainability, systematic methods have been developed for improving the ratio between usefulness and environmental impact of products. These necessary efforts are however constrained if the surrounding business model patterns are not challenged at the same time. In this article, open source design (OSD) is presented as a potential concept leading towards alternative and eco-efficient production and consumption patterns. Potential advantages of OSD for environmental sustainability are hypothesized and confronted with the analysis of the environmental friendliness of four open source products. Two synergies between sustainable design and OSD are identified (product modularity and design for local manufacturing) as well as corresponding challenges for further research.
AB - In order to cope with the challenges of sustainability, systematic methods have been developed for improving the ratio between usefulness and environmental impact of products. These necessary efforts are however constrained if the surrounding business model patterns are not challenged at the same time. In this article, open source design (OSD) is presented as a potential concept leading towards alternative and eco-efficient production and consumption patterns. Potential advantages of OSD for environmental sustainability are hypothesized and confronted with the analysis of the environmental friendliness of four open source products. Two synergies between sustainable design and OSD are identified (product modularity and design for local manufacturing) as well as corresponding challenges for further research.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84966667374
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-32098-4_5
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-32098-4_5
M3 - Other chapter contribution
VL - 52
T3 - Engineering
SP - 49
EP - 59
BT - Sustainable Design and Manufacturing 2016
PB - Springer International Publishing
ER -