@article{67368,
  abstract     = {{<jats:title>ABSTRACT:</jats:title>
                  <jats:p>Sustainability is a central challenge in engineering. Early architectural design decisions strongly influence a product’s ecological footprint and long-term sustainability potential. Addressing these aspects in the concept phase is therefore essential. This paper analyses how architecture decisions - such as modularity, standardisation, redundancy, and updateability - affect ecological sustainability. The qualitative assessment helps practitioners to anticipate environmental impacts and foster sustainability awareness in product architecture development.</jats:p>}},
  author       = {{Grothe, Robin and Bita, Isaac Mpidi and Hovemann, Aschot and Dumitrescu, Roman}},
  issn         = {{2732-527X}},
  journal      = {{Proceedings of the Design Society}},
  pages        = {{1291--1300}},
  publisher    = {{Cambridge University Press (CUP)}},
  title        = {{{Sustainability by design: the impact of product architecture decisions on the sustainability of products – a practitioner qualitative assessment}}},
  doi          = {{10.1017/pds.2026.10487}},
  volume       = {{6}},
  year         = {{2026}},
}