Sustainable Design: HCI, Usability and Environmental Concerns

This book emphasizes the importance of Human Computer Interaction (HCI), usability, user participants, and sustainability in the Information Communication Technology (ICT) industry. It explores development frameworks, tools, and models to identify key factors for developing more sustainable systems, with evaluations and assessments from 11 countries. Further research is needed to implement and assess sustainable design with large IT companies to ensure compliance with environmental standards.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 219 pages
Publication date: 26 January 2023
Publisher: Springer London Ltd

The significance of Human Computer Interaction (HCI), Usability, user participants, and Sustainability in the Information Communication Technology (ICT) industry across the globe is the focus of this book. ICTs have evolved into a vital tool for communication, entertainment, commerce, and research, and the growing usage of these technologies is raising new environmental and sustainability challenges as we strive to meet the ever-increasing needs of businesses and individuals.

Sustainability and sustainable design must be at the core of the design process for new technologies to make a concerted effort to address the environmental concerns we face today and in the future. Development frameworks, tools, and models are explored, and the New Participative Methodology for Sustainable Design (NPMSD) is introduced as a way to identify the key factors required for developing more sustainable systems, including new smart technology and portable devices.

In this book, the sustainable step in the design stage is evaluated and assessed by 11 countries: Australia, Brazil, China, Germany, India, Norway, Singapore, South Korea, Sweden, the UK, and the USA. The new results generated confirm that sustainable design awareness should be considered by designers and users to minimize and reduce carbon emissions, raw materials usage, and global warming, as these problems must be tackled soon, otherwise, it will be too late to solve them.

Further research is needed in the future to implement and assess the sustainable design step with large IT companies to ensure compliance with environmental standards and rules for sustainable systems.

Sustainable Design is an invaluable resource for students, researchers, designers, and business managers who are interested in human-centered, environmental concerns.

Weight: 361g
Dimension: 235 x 155 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781447175155
Edition number: 2nd ed. 2022