Proposal of an Eco-design Framework based on a Design Education Perspective☆

Abstract In order to overspread a successful sustainable design of products and services, it is necessary to educate engineering designers at university and along life. Although literature already provides eco-design processes, frameworks, methods and tools, it does not seem to take into consideration the need for a progressive education to eco-design practice. This research proposes a framework based on six fundamental dimensions fractioned into multiple levels: Choice and management of criteria; Modeling of life cycles; Management of the eco-design process; Levels of calling into question of products and services; Integration of industrial stakeholders; Integration of civil stakeholders. The eco-design framework is finally illustrated through its usefulness in describing tools and supporting eco-design education trajectories.

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