Circular design meets environmental sensing : a comparative study

Thomson, Rachel and Birnie, Steven and Millar, Richard (2026) Circular design meets environmental sensing : a comparative study. Proceedings of the Design Society, 6. pp. 2141-2150. ISSN 2732-527X (https://doi.org/10.1017/pds.2026.10572)

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Abstract

This design-led study explores how circular economy principles can be embedded in research prototyping while comparing environmental sensing methods. A reusable outdoor prototype, deployed in three contexts, combined embedded sensors and API data. Using proxy indicators (energy, material mass, emissions) and end-of-life planning, API sensing indicated a far lower impact, while embedded sensing offered hyper-local data. All prototype components were either reused or repurposed, demonstrating circular prototyping in practice, with findings intended as design-informing rather than definitive.

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  Item type:	Article
  ID code:	96755
  Dates:	Date Event 1 August 2026 Published 2 July 2026 Published Online
  Subjects:	Technology > Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) > Engineering design
  Department:	Faculty of Engineering > Design, Manufacture and Engineering Management
  Depositing user:	Pure Administrator
  Date deposited:	09 Jul 2026 14:15
  Last modified:	02 Sep 2026 00:16
  URI:	https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/96755