VALIDATION OF THE ECO-TRANSFORMITY METHOD

DS 84: Proceedings of the DESIGN 2016 14th International Design Conference

Year: 2016
Editor: Marjanovic Dorian, Storga Mario, Pavkovic Neven, Bojcetic Nenad, Skec Stanko
Author: Midžić, I.; Štorga, M.; Marjanović, D.
Series: DESIGN
Section: DESIGN METHODS
Page(s): 371-380

Abstract

This paper presents validation of a method for qualitative environmental evaluation of product concepts. The basis of the Eco-transformity method are five environmental criteria. Criteria outcomes are collected in a decision matrix and the rank-sum rule is used. To demonstrate that the method supports evaluation and comparison of concepts which are preferably original and innovative, a suitable set of example concepts is established. Validation framework is adapted from the Validation Square, a method for establishing theoretical and empirical effectiveness and efficiency of design methods.

Keywords: early design phase, evaluation, conceptual design, life cycle assessment (LCA)

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