The purpose of this study is to perform a new literature review of the principal ecodesign
methods and tools published in the literature over the last twenty years with the objective of …

This new product development research reviews the “design for” or DFX literature to
consolidate the current body of knowledge and to seek the future direction of the field. It finds …

Product design is a highly involved, often ill-defined, complex and iterative process, and the
needs and specifications of the required artifact get more refined only as the design process …

Reuse of building components and materials is essential in order to reduce global building
waste and resource depletion. Reuse can also improve residual utility for building …

The easy disassembly of certain product components is a prerequisite to guarantee an
efficient recovery of parts and materials. This is one of the first step in the implementation of …

De-manufacturing is at the basis of the Industry of the Future that competitively and
sustainably will manage natural resources. This review retrieved 106 papers investigating …

This work was undertaken to develop a strategy to enhance the profit in the reverse logistics
of end-of-life products. In this paper, a novel strategy based on hybrid bee colony and bat …

Circular economy (CE) is a new business model that is pressing manufacturing companies
to think about closed loop scenarios for materials and products. Design for End-of-Life …

As a global concern, the sustainability of a product is the responsibility for manufacturing.
Product design has become one of the sources and core drivers for manufacturing …

Overall, light weighting strategies are mainly analysed in the aim of reducing impact during
the use phase of a vehicle. In this paper environmental and economic assessments are …