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Current design practices focus on eco-efficiency as the main approach in the field of sustainable product development. This approach mainly aims at improving existing products and services. Environmental product performance can be greatly improved using eco-efficiency but in many cases the improvements are incremental. Furthermore, the overall envi...
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Current design practices focus on eco-efficiency as the main approach in the field of sustainable product development. This approach mainly aims at improving existing products and services. Environmental product performance can be greatly improved using ecoefficiency but in many cases the improvements are incremental. Furthermore, the overall envir...
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... Even though biology is not always sustainable per se and can also have negative environmental impacts, studies have shown that there are biological strategies and systems that can serve as models for sustainable biomimetic developments [18]. Several endeavors have been undertaken to link biomimetics to sustainability in theory [19,20], to address sustainable development in particular [21] as well as to assess and measure if and how biomimetic solutions contribute to sustainability and the various difficulties that may occur [22][23][24][25][26][27][28]. Such assessments vary in their origin, i.e., making a link to life cycle assessment (LCA), product sustainability assessment (PROSA), or developing new approaches, such as the bio-inspired sustainability assessment (BiSA; [24]) and other tools [29]. ...
Biomimetic research has increased over the last decades, and the development process has been systemized regarding its methods and tools. The aim of biomimetics is to solve practical problems of real-life scenarios. In this context, biomimetics can also address sustainability. To better understand how biomimetics research and development can achieve more sustainable solutions, five projects of applied research have been monitored and analyzed regarding biological models, abstracted biological principles, and the recognition of the applied efficiency strategies. In this manuscript, the way in which sustainability can be addressed is described, possibly serving as inspiration for other projects and topics. The results indicate that sustainability needs to be considered from the very beginning in biomimetic projects, and it can remain a focus during various phases of the development process.
... 59,61 A concept which is in line with C2C and circular economy is biomimicrythe study of applying mechanisms and functions in nature to design and engineering. 57,[61][62][63] The Blue Economy, 64 which has a number of principles that are similar to the material cycle approach in circular economy and C2C, is an example of this nature-inspired design. ...
Recent years have shown a shift in the focus of sustainable development from eco‐efficiency (minimizing negative impacts) towards eco‐effectiveness (optimizing positive impacts). Currently, a focus on circular models can be identified; Cradle to Cradle and circular economy are main examples of such models. However, the current number and variety of models and tools focusing on circular systems are limited with regard to packaging development.
This paper explores packaging development models and tools in relation to circular systems, in order to identify the current status of the circularity focus. A range of identified models and tools is structured into two categories (generative and evaluative tools) which cover three types (protocols, diagrams and evaluations). This is in line with the distinction between early and later phases of development and the cumulative nature of environmental lock‐in. Protocol‐type models and tools come in different forms, such as principles, guidelines and checklists (e.g. Cradle to Cradle and DfE). Aside from these, eight diagram‐type models are analysed, focusing on packaging development, sustainable development and sustainable packaging development. In contrast to generative design tools, evaluation‐type models and tools (e.g. LCA) are most useful in the later stages of development processes.
Resulting from the analysis of the models and tools, three types of integration – integrated product‐packaging development, the cross‐functional integration of actors and the front‐end integration of sustainability considerations – are appropriate for the development of product‐packaging combinations for circular systems. This leads to an agenda which shapes research directions towards achieving this development. © 2016 The Authors Packaging Technology and Science Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
... Nature-inspired design (NID) has emerged as an alternative design approach to creating products with a positive impact across value chains (de Pauw et al. 2010), which is congruent with the systems-thinking requirement of IMPLEMENT. Tempelman and colleagues (2015) propose a practical guide toward positive impact products through NID. ...
The circular economy (CE) is essential for decoupling economic growth from resource consumption and environmental impacts. However, effective implementation requires a systemic change across supply chains, involving both technological and nontechnological innovations. Frameworks are beginning to emerge to foster CE thinking in organizations. However, literature review carried out as part of this research has revealed gaps in their ability to fulfil CE requirements. Furthermore, few frameworks provide support on how CE requirements may be implemented. To address these issues, this article presents a new framework, BECE (backcasting and eco-design for the circular economy), to ensure that businesses can implement CE requirements more readily. BECE empowers organizations to tackle the CE holistically by embedding the concept into corporate decision making and by bringing operational and systems thinking together, thus increasing the likelihood of successful implementation. The potential of the BECE framework was tested through a pilot workshop focusing on the development of a CE business model through redesign of products and supply chains. Using vacuum cleaners as an illustrative case study, several product design and supply-chain alternatives were identified, including the development of scenarios and action plans for their implementation at the business level. Although the case study focuses on a particular product, the BECE framework is generic and applicable across different products and business sectors.
... What are new are the broad reaching effects of biomimetic principles across numerous disciplines simultaneously, as is evident in this publication and others. BIDs can be seen amongst research labs, entrepreneurs and corporate R&D departments around the globe2345. BID related patents are among the fastest growing forms of innovations registered between 1985-2005 [6]. The concept is prolific enough across sectors that an economic index, the Da Vinci Index, was recently created to monitor and report on its activity [7]. ...
... While understandable given the muddled history of terms, his erroneous perception was that biomimicry was limited to technological applications of biological strategies out of ecological context and was attempting to fill a nonexistent gap in the thinking [41]. Since then, Pauw et al created a definition that encompasses the terms biomimicry, cradle-to-cradle and natural capitalism in a framework of 'Nature-Inspired Design Strategies' to differentiate sustainabilityoriented BID from approaches without ethical considerations [3]. While practitioners use the many terms interchangeably, there are effectively two schools of thought that divide the BID innovation space that are not consistently associated with the particular terms. ...
The use of Biologically-Inspired Design (BID) has become increasingly prominent as an innovation tool for sustainability in large corporations. This research, from the perspective of innovation management and organizational development, explores the use of BID as a tool for corporate sustainability at multiple levels and reflects on the implications for corporate sustainability agendas. The review of the literature analyses the history of BID in a broad sense, both with and without sustainability objectives, and disambiguates several aspects of the field that have been largely overlooked in the popular media. Many corporate managers are utilizing the methods and tools of BID with little understanding of how they may or may not connect to corporate sustainability objectives of the organization. This research aims to bring this to light and create a much-needed critical dialogue around the use of BID for sustainability-oriented innovation (SOI). A four-tiered model is used to frame the use of BID in this setting and existing case studies are used to test the model. Research outcomes include creating a fr amework for understanding how BID can be used to inform innovative solutions within the product, process, organizational and systems-levels by embedding sustainability criteria at each level using various biological models. The aim of this research is not to simply deconstruct BID, but rather to create a dialogue amongst sustainability practitioners, corporate professionals and academics that increases the robustness of the tool for use in achieving sustainability goals and objectives.
... Based on existing knowledge and research several strategies have been developed to allow and aid designers, architects, and engineers in the inclusion of nature into their concept development processes, as well as their mental and personal development process in their everyday lives. According to Pauw et al " Nature-inspired design strategies are design strategies that base a significant proportion of their theory on 'learning from nature.' " (Pauw, Kandachar, Karana, Peck, & Wever, 2010, p. 4).But which process is the best one to use as a designer? Is there, therefore, only one strategy that can be applied in all design situations or are more than one strategy needed according to each unique design scenario? ...
Nature surrounds us and is part of us, yet it is always pushed to the side-lines and
included only as a resource provider for materials, fuels, and energy. But what if it is
appreciated for its knowledge and used as a knowledge provider as well?
Humans are now beginning to appreciate that sustainable methods need to be
implemented into their everyday design solutions in order to create a sustainable future
for coming generations. If humans were to function in the same way and learn from how
nature is developed and the processes, strategies and systems used in it could they create
sustainable communities that can endure in the future just as is done by nature?
This research aimed at understanding how smart strategies are developed in nature to endure and sustain itself and how these strategies can be linked to the design process to develop sustainable and innovative design solutions. An in-depth understanding of design, nature, strategies and nature-inspired design processes were fulfilled by this research. The approach of experimentation was divided into two main parts; case studies and interactive participant labs to experiment and apply the research outcome. Participants from different disciplines and professional backgrounds were involved in both experimentation methods. The methods were analyzed using observation, interviews, questionnaires, and focus group discussions. The experiments showed that participants produced successful and sustainable outcomes by following nature’s knowledge. It was also found that by introducing nature and its knowledge participants were free to create their own solution process and therefore do not require a strict step-by-step framework. The research concludes that each group of participants and group dynamic require a different strategic approach solves design problems.
Keywords: Strategies, Design Processes, Sustainability, Nature-Inspired Design Processes.
This chapter presents a full review of biomimicry architecture, its inspiration, and related information needed to comprehend the biomimicry approach through background and history. It also defines what biomimicry is and provides the origins of biomimicry architecture and its meaning and how to integrate this approach to become a way of thinking. The chapter highlights the evolution of mankind and its relationship with nature biomimicry and early conceptual design, overlap between architecture and nature by taking the nature as a model, measure, and mentor the biomimicry design. In addition, the chapter portrays the HELIX model of biomimicry and its relationship with the environment and sustainable architecture as well as integrating biomimicry approach as a way of thinking. Moreover, the chapter presents the importance of biomimicry in architecture amidst the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Furthermore, the biomimicry design methods and processes are reviewed and presented. Finally, the chapter furnishes the readers with a full comprehension of biomimicry through different aspects and underlining the drivers of the entire unsustainable practice of modern civilization that lies in the dualistic detachment of nature and culture.KeywordsArchitectureBiological ageBiomimicryBiomimicry and conceptual designBiomimicry approachesBiomimicry design methods and processesBuilt environmentDefinitions of biomimicryHistory of biomimicryImitating from natureInspire from natureIntegrating biomimicry approachLivabilityNatureOrigin of biomimicryRevival of nature in architectureSustainabilityTeaching biomimicryValues of natureVision of biomimicry
