The Fridge of the Future

未来的冰箱

• 批准号: 132070
• 金额: $ 3.84万
• 依托单位: GLEN DIMPLEX HOME APPLIANCES LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Feasibility Studies
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2015 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=132070
• 关键词: Fridge; Future

In preserving and extending the life of food, medicines or drugs, fridges would seem like a circular economy hero, but they make up one of the largest part of UK e-waste, contain complex constuctions or materials that are hard to reuse or recycle, and have not got more durable or longer lasting over the years. Fridges are simply not designed, made or sold with circularity in mind. Bringing together Glen Dimplex Home Appliances fridge market and manufacturing know-how, The Sure Chill Company's new, more circular refridgeration technology and Seymourpowell's innovation, design and sustainability expertise, this project aims to rethink fridges for a circular economy. Using a design-led innovation process, our feasibility study will investigate and identify a new circular business model for Professional fridges - initially for UK Catering and Medical customers. Proving successsful would divert 600 tons of fridges from e-waste p/a, and then be scaled up by GDHA to other segments, markets and appliances

在保存和延长食品，药品或药物的寿命方面，冰箱似乎是循环经济的英雄，但它们构成了英国电子废物的最大部分之一，包含复杂的结构或材料，难以重复使用或回收，并且多年来没有更耐用或更持久。冰箱的设计、制造或销售根本就没有考虑到循环性。该项目汇集了Glen Dimplex家用电器冰箱市场和制造专业知识、The Sure Chill公司的新型循环制冷技术以及Seymourpowell的创新、设计和可持续发展专业知识，旨在重新思考冰箱的循环经济。我们的可行性研究将采用以设计为主导的创新流程，调查并确定专业冰箱的新循环商业模式-最初针对英国餐饮和医疗客户。证明成功将转移600吨冰箱从电子废物p/a，然后由GDHA扩大到其他细分市场，市场和电器