Integrating Eco-Innovation Strategy into the Industrial Design Education for Sustainable Production and Consumption

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26340112
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Environmental policy and social systems
• Research Institution: Chiba University
• Principal Investigator: Ueda Edilson 千葉大学, 大学院工学研究科, 准教授 (50436341)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: エコデザイン教育 / エコデザイン戦略 / エコプロダクト / サステナブルデザイン / 持続可能性

Outline of Final Research Achievements

According to the results, the integrating of ecodesign strategy into the industrial design education in Japanese universities is relatively low in relation to British universities. The eight Japanese universities that offer industrial design courses with sustainability modules are characterized as optional modules with art/craft/design approaches, with the majority existing in private and prefectural universities. The environmental education and learning for students did not show a significant level, meaning that students lacked basic environmental information in order to develop a more environmentally sound product and services for a more sustainable lifestyles.

Free Research Field

環境学