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Scenario building guidelines for sustainable innovation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 May 2024

François Haeberle ,
Giácomo Parolin  and
Daniela C. A. Pigosso
François Haeberle
Affiliation:
Technical University of Denmark, DTU Construct, Denmark
Giácomo Parolin*
Affiliation:
Technical University of Denmark, DTU Construct, Denmark
Daniela C. A. Pigosso
Affiliation:
Technical University of Denmark, DTU Construct, Denmark
*
gipar@dtu.dk

Abstract

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The integration of sustainability into highly uncertain technology development is key to support manufacturing companies to reduce their environmental impacts. The use of future scenarios to support decision-making in early design for sustainability is promising, but there is a lack of systematic guidelines on how to build them. Through literature review and empirical research scenario-building guidelines were designed. The guidelines are step-by-step activities to be performed in workshops. Results suggest the guidelines were successful in building consistent, plausible, and useful scenarios.

Keywords

technology developmentfutures studiesecodesignscenariosuncertainty

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Type
Design for Sustainability
Information
Proceedings of the Design Society , Volume 4: DESIGN 2024 , May 2024 , pp. 1289 - 1298
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