The Recycler - Eco Design

Cambridge Value Mapping Tool
The Cambridge Value Mapping
Tool takes you in a guided step-bystep
process through the following
questions:
1. What is the unit of analysis
eg product, service, company,
industry?
2. Who are the stakeholders
for the unit of analysis?
3. What is the purpose of
the unit of analysis?
4. What is the current value
captured?
5. What is the value missed
and/or destroyed?
6. What is the value surplus
and/or absence?
7. What are the new value
opportunities?
Source: http://www.ifm.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/thecambridge-value-mapping-tool/# .V8aiy5N961s
However, new business model design
tools are needed to redefine value and
one example is the work of the University
of Cambridge in the UK who, through
its Industrial Sustainability Research
have created The Cambridge Value
Mapping Tool. The tool "uses a structured
and visual approach to identify ‘value
uncaptured’ in the form of failed value
exchanges: value missed, destroyed,
surplus, and absence. The exchange
of value is analysed through the lens
of each stakeholder in the business
network, with the natural environment
and society each being given its own
voice and stake in the business ".
Design for sustainability
and reuse
There are many opportunities during
the new product design (NPD) process
to reduce the environmental impact of
a product; the choice and quantity of
material used, how it is formed, the layout
of the construction to achieve structural
or aesthetic requirements, the method of
assembly to achieve functionality or, the
Second, third or multiple reuses is not a new
design concept. There are many examples,
from cars to clocks, where repair requires
a few simple tools and, if you cannot buy
a spare part, you can make it yourself!
type of fixings used to achieve assembly,
durability, and safety. Design processes
now often include consideration of
product failure to achieve higher quality
and reliability over a specific time, for a
specified value proposition. Environmental
impact has some way to go to achieve
similar treatment.
Second, third or multiple reuses is not
a new design concept. There are many
examples, from cars to clocks, where
repair requires a few simple tools and,
if you cannot buy a spare part, you can
make it yourself! Additive manufacturing
leveraging 3D printing technology will
revolutionize the repair sector. But product
design must also ensure that the end user
does not come to harm or cause injury on
the pathway to end of life and the next sale.
Safe dismantling requires a product
designed for dis-assembly including,
Commonly Used Fasteners which
can be removed and replaced multiple
times, elimination of non-separable
connections (use of glues and welds)
and, levels of skills for disassembly and
reassembly which do not always require
extensive training and expertise to replace
worn parts.
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