Integrating Smart and Sustainable Technologies in Product Design

Product design has revolutionised the way businesses integrate innovative and sustainable technologies into product development, bridging the gap between innovation and environmental responsibility. This chapter explores the convergence of advanced technologies, including IoT, AI, and digital twins, with principles of sustainability, such as the circular economy, eco-design, and lifecycle management. It demonstrates how synergies are creating innovative, efficient, and environmentally responsive products, highlighting the need to address material choice, energy use, and waste reduction in material production and usage. Cases and frameworks illustrate best practices that stakeholders can use to apply such systems. Finally, it analyses emergent trends and ethical concerns that highlight implications for policy innovation in the pursuit of a sustainable future.