This paper aims to analyze the attitude and the awareness of environmental sustainability issues within diverse Italian industrial companies. A survey has involved a balanced sample of companies operating in different industrial sectors. Considering the survey’s results it can be concluded that: (i) environmental sustainability is an opportunity and a current market requirement, (ii) environmental sustainability is not formalized, since specific methods and tools are not used in technical departments, and (iii) environmental decisions are mainly made by specific key figures (i.e. energy/environmental manager). This analysis can be considered as a useful starting point for the framework formalization of eco-design approaches and tools able to bring eco-design principles into the work of technical departments with the aim to foster the future development of green and sustainable products and services.
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ASME 2017 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference
August 6–9, 2017
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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- Design Engineering Division
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Environmental Sustainability Awareness in Product Design Practices: A Survey of Italian Companies
Claudio Favi,
Claudio Favi
Università degli Studi di Parma, Parma, Italy
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Michele Germani,
Michele Germani
Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
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Fabio Gregori,
Fabio Gregori
Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
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Marco Mandolini,
Marco Mandolini
Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
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Marco Marconi,
Marco Marconi
Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
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Eugenia Marilungo,
Eugenia Marilungo
Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
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Alessandra Papetti,
Alessandra Papetti
Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
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Marta Rossi
Marta Rossi
Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
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Claudio Favi
Università degli Studi di Parma, Parma, Italy
Michele Germani
Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
Fabio Gregori
Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
Marco Mandolini
Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
Marco Marconi
Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
Eugenia Marilungo
Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
Alessandra Papetti
Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
Marta Rossi
Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
Paper No:
DETC2017-67698, V004T05A040; 12 pages
Published Online:
November 3, 2017
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Favi, C, Germani, M, Gregori, F, Mandolini, M, Marconi, M, Marilungo, E, Papetti, A, & Rossi, M. "Environmental Sustainability Awareness in Product Design Practices: A Survey of Italian Companies." Proceedings of the ASME 2017 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. Volume 4: 22nd Design for Manufacturing and the Life Cycle Conference; 11th International Conference on Micro- and Nanosystems. Cleveland, Ohio, USA. August 6–9, 2017. V004T05A040. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/DETC2017-67698
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