TRIZ Innovative Design Method for Eco-leasing Type Product Service Systems

This paper presents an eco-innovative design method for developing eco-leasing type product service systems by using TRIZ method. This method comprises the product characteristic assessment of leasing, product characteristics corresponding TRIZ inventive principles, low-carbon impact assessment and case-based corresponding method. Analyzing the characteristics of products in the market can find suitable products for leasing service. Integrating product features and TRIZ method can find TRIZ innovative principles for improving innovative design concept of eco-leasing. For the assessment of low-carbon effect, this paper proposes an eco-leasing service efficiency assessment method. This proposed eco-innovative design method can help designer systematically find creative solutions for eco-leasing with the concept of low-carbon implemented. Finally, the design cases demonstrate the capabilities of the proposed method and procedures. (C) 2014 Published by Elsevier B.V.