Sustainability criteria for introducing new technologies in low-income contexts
Paper i proceeding, 2024

Introducing new technologies in low-income contexts have potential for positive social impact, and such efforts are made by humanitarian engineering non-govermental organisations (NGOs). The impact can increase if a systemic sustainability perspective is considered in the design process. Sustainability criteria are identified using a literature study combined with an empirical study together with a Swedish NGO. These criteria are synthesized into a simplified Sustainability Fingerprint tool which is evaluated and deemed to be useful when introducing new technologies in low-income contexts.

sustainability

sustainable design

social innovation

social equity

design methods

Författare

Adam Mallalieu

Chalmers, Industri- och materialvetenskap, Produktutveckling

Engineers Without Borders

Amanda Jonasson

Engineers Without Borders

Student vid Chalmers

Sara Petersson

Engineers Without Borders

Student vid Chalmers

Marlene Rosendal

Engineers Without Borders

Sophie Isaksson Hallstedt

Chalmers, Industri- och materialvetenskap, Produktutveckling

Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, BTH

Lars Almefelt

Chalmers, Industri- och materialvetenskap, Produktutveckling

Ola Isaksson

Chalmers, Industri- och materialvetenskap, Produktutveckling

Proceedings of the Design Society

2732527X (eISSN)

Vol. 4 1359-1368

2024 International Design Society Conference, Design 2024
Cavtat, Dubrovnik, Croatia,

Drivkrafter

Hållbar utveckling

Ämneskategorier

Samhällsbyggnadsteknik

DOI

10.1017/pds.2024.138

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2024-07-03