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Conference Agenda

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Agenda Overview

Session

D221: UNDERSTANDING AND PREVENTING REBOUND EFFECTS IN DESIGN

Time:

Tuesday, 19/May/2026:

10:15am - 11:15am

Session Chair: Bernard Yannou, CentraleSupélec, France

Location: Conference Hall Ragusa

Presentations

Anticipating and preventing rebound effects by design: an action research study of refillable packaging at Beiersdorf

Giácomo Parolin¹, Ellen Helldén¹, Daniel Guzzo¹, Elise Andrew¹, Imke Van der Loo¹, Lukas Mckay¹, Benjamin Triller², Daniela C. A. Pigosso¹

¹DTU Construct, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark; ²Beiersdorf AG, Germany

Companies lack methods to anticipate rebound effects (RE) in design, jeopardising their sustainability ambitions. This action research at Beiersdorf pilots a framework for ex-ante RE identification, modelling, and prevention. The study found 31 economic, behavioural, and social rebound mechanisms triggered by a refillable packaging innovation, using system dynamics to find leverage points for prevention (e.g., foster non-msaterial practices via packaging design). This paper offers a first attempt at a practical approach to integrate RE analysis into design, towards absolute sustainability.

Diagnosing the future social impacts of biowaste treatment facilities during the pre-design phase

Christian Ottini, Renata Barbosa Da Silva, Sandra Domenek, Felipe Buendia, Gwenola Yannou-Le Bris

Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, UMR SayFood, France

The paper assesses the social impacts of composting and anaerobic digestion facilities for household biowaste in France. Using the Social Life Cycle Assessment (SLCA), it identifies 16 indicators that compare workers’ conditions, community impacts, and societal benefits. This work proposes a framework for incorporating social dimensions into a multi-criteria assessment of anaerobic digestion and composting facilities in Europe, with a particular focus on France.

Design for circular behaviour: a literature-based conceptual model

Jan Jagnow, Bernd Stoehr, Christian Koldewey, Roman Dumitrescu

Heinz Nixdorf Institute, Paderborn University, Germany

The transition to a circular economy requires products that encourage circular consumer behaviour. Despite the central role of designers in this transition, the design for circular behaviour (DfCB) approach remains under-explored. This paper presents a literature-based conceptual model explaining which factors need to be in place, and how they interrelate, in order for designers to facilitate circular behaviours through product design. By pointing out gaps in the current state, future research directions are suggested to foster the establishment of DfCB.

Designers’ challenges in anticipating and preventing rebound effects: insights from industry interviews

Lukas Mckay, Frederik Høgdal, Tim C. McAloone, Daniela C. A. Pigosso

Technical University of Denmark, Denmark

Rebound effects occur when sustainability interventions trigger behavioural or systemic responses that offset environmental benefits. This paper explores how designers encounter and seek to prevent them in practice, based on nine interviews with sustainability-oriented practitioners. We identify twelve challenges across micro, meso and macro levels, showing that effective prevention requires aligning behavioural literacy, organisational governance and structural incentives across design contexts.