Connotations of Ecodesign: A Commentary on the State of Discourse

摘要: Design, as a process of realizing planned change, operates on specifications from the normative requirements and constraints emanating context solution. The concept ecodesign deals with principles that ensure desirable state environment by appropriate design products or solutions. There is growing body literature ecodesign. However, perusal publications operational aspects points to lack rigour in qualifying This prompted authors this work study discourse perspective connotations term among engineering designers. observations based scrutiny definitions papers published years 2016 2015 Journal Cleaner Production point an undesirable situation conveniently adapting interpretations suit sans justification validation.