---
_id: '67368'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: "<jats:title>ABSTRACT:</jats:title>\r\n                  <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:
- first_name: Robin
  full_name: Grothe, Robin
  last_name: Grothe
- first_name: Isaac Mpidi
  full_name: Bita, Isaac Mpidi
  last_name: Bita
- first_name: Aschot
  full_name: Hovemann, Aschot
  last_name: Hovemann
- first_name: Roman
  full_name: Dumitrescu, Roman
  id: '16190'
  last_name: Dumitrescu
citation:
  ama: 'Grothe R, Bita IM, Hovemann A, Dumitrescu R. Sustainability by design: the
    impact of product architecture decisions on the sustainability of products – a
    practitioner qualitative assessment. <i>Proceedings of the Design Society</i>.
    2026;6:1291-1300. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1017/pds.2026.10487">10.1017/pds.2026.10487</a>'
  apa: 'Grothe, R., Bita, I. M., Hovemann, A., &#38; Dumitrescu, R. (2026). Sustainability
    by design: the impact of product architecture decisions on the sustainability
    of products – a practitioner qualitative assessment. <i>Proceedings of the Design
    Society</i>, <i>6</i>, 1291–1300. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1017/pds.2026.10487">https://doi.org/10.1017/pds.2026.10487</a>'
  bibtex: '@article{Grothe_Bita_Hovemann_Dumitrescu_2026, title={Sustainability by
    design: the impact of product architecture decisions on the sustainability of
    products – a practitioner qualitative assessment}, volume={6}, DOI={<a href="https://doi.org/10.1017/pds.2026.10487">10.1017/pds.2026.10487</a>},
    journal={Proceedings of the Design Society}, publisher={Cambridge University Press
    (CUP)}, author={Grothe, Robin and Bita, Isaac Mpidi and Hovemann, Aschot and Dumitrescu,
    Roman}, year={2026}, pages={1291–1300} }'
  chicago: 'Grothe, Robin, Isaac Mpidi Bita, Aschot Hovemann, and Roman Dumitrescu.
    “Sustainability by Design: The Impact of Product Architecture Decisions on the
    Sustainability of Products – a Practitioner Qualitative Assessment.” <i>Proceedings
    of the Design Society</i> 6 (2026): 1291–1300. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1017/pds.2026.10487">https://doi.org/10.1017/pds.2026.10487</a>.'
  ieee: 'R. Grothe, I. M. Bita, A. Hovemann, and R. Dumitrescu, “Sustainability by
    design: the impact of product architecture decisions on the sustainability of
    products – a practitioner qualitative assessment,” <i>Proceedings of the Design
    Society</i>, vol. 6, pp. 1291–1300, 2026, doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1017/pds.2026.10487">10.1017/pds.2026.10487</a>.'
  mla: 'Grothe, Robin, et al. “Sustainability by Design: The Impact of Product Architecture
    Decisions on the Sustainability of Products – a Practitioner Qualitative Assessment.”
    <i>Proceedings of the Design Society</i>, vol. 6, Cambridge University Press (CUP),
    2026, pp. 1291–300, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1017/pds.2026.10487">10.1017/pds.2026.10487</a>.'
  short: R. Grothe, I.M. Bita, A. Hovemann, R. Dumitrescu, Proceedings of the Design
    Society 6 (2026) 1291–1300.
date_created: 2026-10-02T13:37:18Z
date_updated: 2026-10-02T13:45:01Z
department:
- _id: '563'
doi: 10.1017/pds.2026.10487
intvolume: '         6'
language:
- iso: eng
page: 1291-1300
publication: Proceedings of the Design Society
publication_identifier:
  issn:
  - 2732-527X
publication_status: published
publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
status: public
title: 'Sustainability by design: the impact of product architecture decisions on
  the sustainability of products – a practitioner qualitative assessment'
type: journal_article
user_id: '15782'
volume: 6
year: '2026'
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