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Exploring decision tradeoffs in sustainable design

Sustainable design involves three essential areas: economic sustainability, environmental sustainability, and social sustainability. For even the simplest of products, the complexities of these three areas and their tradeoffs cause decision-making transparency to be lost in most practical situations...

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Main Authors:	Christopher A. Mattson, Vicky Lofthouse, Tracy Bhamra
Format:	Default Conference proceeding
Published:	2015
Subjects:	Design not elsewhere classified untagged Design Practice and Management not elsewhere classified
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/2134/18556
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