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USE OF DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS TO OPTIMISE THE ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE OF CONSUMER PRODUCTS: A CASE STUDY OF SHOWERS AND TAPWARE IN NEW ZEALAND

Part of: Socio-technical Issues in Design

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 June 2020

M. Horrell ,
A. Shekar  and
S. McLaren
M. Horrell*
Affiliation:
Massey University, New Zealand
A. Shekar
Affiliation:
Massey University, New Zealand
S. McLaren
Affiliation:
Massey University, New Zealand
*
*m.horrell@massey.ac.nz

Abstract

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Eco-tools and techniques often lack guidance and a robust methodology for improving the environmental performance of products with an active use phase. A case study was undertaken to investigate the role of Design of Experiments (DoE) in providing insights to improve the environmental performance of two product categories with active use phases: showers and tapware. The results show how varying the components can reduce energy use and demonstrated how DoE can be used as an objective method for optimising a products environmental performance when user behaviour can influence the results.

Keywords

ecodesignsustainable designdesign processactive productsdesign of experiments
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Proceedings of the Design Society: DESIGN Conference , Volume 1 , May 2020 , pp. 1911 - 1920
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