From a conventional to a sustainable engineering design process: Different shades of sustainability

Journal of Engineering Design

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 49-74

  Gagnon, Bruno ^a   Leduc, Roland ^a   Savard, Luc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

prescriptive models of the design process; sustainability; sustainable design

Indexed keywords

CONVENTIONAL DESIGN; DESIGN PROCESS; DESIGN THEORY; SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES; SUSTAINABLE DESIGN; SUSTAINABLE ENGINEERING; SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES;

ENGINEERS; MODELS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84858826953     PISSN: 09544828     EISSN: 14661837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09544828.2010.516246     Document Type: Review

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