Ecoeficiency and Enviroment Ergonomics to the Production of Ceramic Bricks in the Brazilian Amazon

Abstract

This paper presents an ecodesign strategy concerning the improvement in the production efficiency of structural ceramic using traditional kilns in the Brazilian Amazon region. We propose to reduce the consumption of firewood or energy inputs during the process of burning ceramic blocks by combining two interventions. First, a technological adaptation of a conventional burning system widely used. Second, the deployment of a clean burning combustion process. Based on ecoefficiency and environmental ergonomics parameters, we derived an analytical geometrization on two types of brick kilns. The primary goal is to develop a systematically, new firing system with aspects that are functional, formal, ergonomic, environmental and technological as well. This research is engaged in creating innovative products based on the three fundamental subsystems of the Concurrent Design Model: formal, functional and ergonomic. The focus is on the definition of all components intervening in the design process to the product specification.