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Environmental sustainability by design: A case study with Morakniv
KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Machine Design (Dept.), Product and Service Design.
2020 (English)Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (Two Years)), 20 credits / 30 HE creditsStudent thesisAlternative title
Ekologisk hållbarhet genom design : en studie med Morakniv (Swedish)
Abstract [en]

Arvid Hällje, student at MSc Integrated Product Design, KTH in collaboration with Alexander Mucchiano Ahlström, Industrial Design student at Konstfack and Morakniv AB has investigated how design can be used in favor of environmental sustainability. Different concepts were developed using Morakniv’s best-selling knife as a starting point, with the aim of getting a better understanding of the effect of different design strategies towards sustainability. The result is three concepts that each represent a different design strategy, these being: change of material, modularity and a product service system. The estimated reduction of carbon dioxide footprint is 41%, 58% and 53% with regards to the full life cycle of the product. The concepts were developed with respect to Morakniv AB’s brand, current abilities and technical limitations to make the concepts possible to implement without major procedural changes. The life cycle analysis was carried out by Hällje using the EcoAudit tool embedded in the program CES Edupack (2019) and should be regarded as an estimation rather than an indisputable calculation.

Abstract [sv]

Tillsammans med Alexander Mucchiano Ahlström student vid Konstfack och Morakniv AB har Arvid Hällje, student på KTH vid MSc Integrated Product Design i detta projekt undersökt hur design kan användas för ökad miljömässig hållbarhet. Olika scenarier utvecklades för Moraknivs bästsäljande kniv i syfte att få en bättre förståelse för hur olika designstrategier påverkar ekologisk hållbarhet. Resultatet är tre koncept som följer strategierna: byte av material, modularitet och ett produkt-tjänstesystem. I en livscykelanalys av koncepten visas en beräknad förminskning i koldioxidutsläpp på respektive 41%, 58% och 53%. Dessa koncept utvecklades i enlighet med Moraknivs varumärke, möjligheter och tekniska begränsningar för att göra dem realistiska att implementera utan större strukturella förändringar. Livscykelanalysen utfördes av Hällje, medelst verktyget EcoAudit tool, i datorprogrammet CES Edupack (2019).

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2020. , p. 58
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TRITA-ITM-EX ; 2020:601
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Mechanical Engineering
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-286897OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-286897DiVA, id: diva2:1506032
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Morakniv AB
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Mechanical Engineering
Educational program
Degree of Master
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2020-11-30, 00:00
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Available from: 2020-12-02 Created: 2020-12-02 Last updated: 2022-06-25Bibliographically approved

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