Design for Innovative Value Towards a Sustainable Society

Design for Innovative Value Towards a Sustainable Society

Mitsutaka Matsumoto Yasushi Umeda Keijiro Masui Shinichi Fukushige Editors Design for Innovative Value Towards a Sustainable Society Proceedings of EcoDesign 2011: 7th International Symposium on Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing

Editors Dr. Mitsutaka Matsumoto Center for Service Research National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology Tsukuba, Ibaraki matsumoto-mi@aist.go.jp Dr. Keijiro Masui Advanced Manufacturing Research Institute National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology Tsukuba, Ibaraki k-masui@aist.go.jp Prof. Yasushi Umeda Department of Mechanical Engineering Graduate School of Engineering Osaka University Yamada-oka 2-1, Suita, Osaka 565-0871 umeda@mech.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp Dr. Shinichi Fukushige Department of Mechanical Engineering Graduate School of Engineering Osaka University Osaka fukushige@mech.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp ISBN 978-94-007-3010-6 (ebook) DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-3010-6 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg New York London Library of Congress Control Number: xxxxxxxxxx Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2012 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)

Preface Since the first EcoDesign International Symposium held in 1999, this symposium has led the research and practices of environmentally conscious design of products, services, manufacturing systems, supply chain, consumption, as well as economics and society. EcoDesign 2011 the 7th International Symposium on Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing is successfully held in the ese old capital city of Kyoto, on November 30th - December 2nd, 2011. The subtitle of EcoDesign 2011 is set to design for value innovation towards sustainable society. This subtitle indicates that, in EcoDesign 2011, we discuss the way to achieve both drastic environmental consciousness and value innovation in order to realize a sustainable society. Over 300 abstracts were submitted to EcoDesign 2011 from 30 countries and regions all over the world. It indicates the further increase of the demands and interests in the topics of this symposium. In recent years, it is more and more demanded for academia, industries and governments to act globally and internationally. We expect that EcoDesign2011 provides a distinguished occasion to discuss the topics with people from various backgrounds. In EcoDesign 2011, we have papers on the latest topics of EcoDesign such as of social perspectives in EcoDesign, business aspects of EcoDesign, user behaviour studies, and so on. As plenary keynote speakers, we have distinguished speakers from AIST, an organizer research institute, and three global leading companies Panasonic, Siemens, and Kone. It is our great pleasure and honor to have such great plenary presenters and paper presenters from all over the world. We would like to express our sincere appreciation to all contributors to the proceedings. We also would like to extend our thanks to the members of the executive committee for their efforts to arranging the conference and this proceedings book available to the public. Yasushi Umeda, Executive Committee Chair of EcoDesign2011 Mitsutaka Matsumoto, Program Chair of EcoDesign2011 v