Title :
Sustainable car lifecycle design
Author :
Martinez, Victor G. ; English, Stuart ; Conti, Matteo
Author_Institution :
Centre for Design Res., Northumbria Univ., Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Abstract :
This paper exposes the search for a tool and method, which from a systems approach, adopts the rules and logic that govern our physical context (biosphere) in order to provide guidelines that the car industry could use to achieve an ideal state for ecological, economical and social sustainability.
Keywords :
automobile industry; automobiles; corporate social responsibility; design for environment; car industry; ecological sustainability; economical sustainability; physical context; social sustainability; sustainable car lifecycle design; systems approach; Biological system modeling; Business; Economics; Ecosystems; Educational institutions; Humans; Sociology; car; industry; natural systems; sustainability;
Conference_Titel :
Environment Friendly Energies and Applications (EFEA), 2012 2nd International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Newcastle upon Tyne
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2909-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2910-1
DOI :
10.1109/EFEA.2012.6294083
