Sustainable Furniture that Grows with End-Users
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Economically and environmentally it might be more responsible or even feasible to combine products and services to elongate product lifetime. Gispen, a major office furniture producer in the Netherlands, has embraced circular economic principles to create new business, extend product life time and improve the adaptability of their products. In the Use-it-Wisely (UIW) project two applications were developed. To estimate possible business impacts of adapting a circular economy concept for a company, a dynamic business model simulation has been created by using the system dynamics methodology. And second, Gispen has developed a new Circular Economy Design Framework to support circular product design development. A combination of basic principles to design, upgrade, and reuse products according to circular economy principles are included in the framework as well as a circular life cycle assessment methodology. The development process, non-confidential company results of the tool application and directions for future research are described in this chapter.
TNO Identifier
766507
ISBN
978-3-319-45437-5
Publisher
Springer
Source title
Dynamics of Long-Life Assets: From Technology Adaptation to Upgrading the Business Model
Editor(s)
Grösser S.
Reyes-Lecuona A.
Granholm, G.
Reyes-Lecuona A.
Granholm, G.
Place of publication
Cham
Pages
303-326