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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Carlo Arnaldo VezzoliPublisher: Springer London Ltd Imprint: Springer London Ltd Edition: 2nd ed. 2018 Weight: 0.534kg ISBN: 9781447173632ISBN 10: 1447173635 Pages: 330 Publication Date: 17 April 2018 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Preface and acknowledgement.- Sustainable development and Discontinuity.- Evolution of Sustainability in Design Research and Practice.- Life Cycle Design.- Minimising Material Consumption.- Minimising Energy Consumption Minimising.- Minimising Resources toxicity and harmfulness.- Optimize Renewable and Bio-compatible Resources.- Product Lifetime Optimisation.ReviewsAuthor InformationCarlo Vezzoli is Full Professor of Design at the Politecnico di Milano University and within this Institution for 20 years he has been researching and teaching on design for sustainability. Nowadays he holds the courses of product Design for environmental Sustainability and System Design for Sustainability, he is the head of both the research group Design and system Innovation for Sustainability (DIS) and the research lab LeNS_Lab Polimi. He has delivered worldwide (outside Italy) courses and lectures in universities in Africa (Botswana, Kenya, South Africa and Uganda), Asia (China, India, Japan and Thailand); The Americas (Brazil; Colombia and Mexico), and Europe (Estonia, Finland, France, Norway, The Netherlands and United Kingdom). He presented in international congresses (22 as keynote speeches), in Europe (Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Ireland, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands and United Kingdom), the Americas (Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and United States), Africa (South Africa, Uganda), and Asia (India and China). Since 2007 he is founder of the Learning Network on Sustainability which is a worldwide multipolar network of more than 100 design Universities covering all continents, with the aim of diffusing design for sustainability with an open ethos. Nowadays he is coordinating the LeNSin EU funded (Erasmus+ program) 3 years project involving 36 Universities as partners from Mexico, Brazil, South Africa, India, China, United Kingdom, The Netherland, Finland and Italy. He wrote several books published in English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Chinese. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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