Towards an integration of sustainability efforts in the HCD process

Today, it is the global challenges that play an important role for economic and political work. Especially sustainability has become a widely recognized topic raising global alliances, which develop frameworks such as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) established by the United Nations. When it comes to production and consumption, they emphasize that more sustainable products and services must be designed. In the field of, mostly digital, product development one well‐known approach promoted over the last years is the human‐centered design (HCD) process. In this paper, we aimed at bringing together both, sustainability efforts and human‐centered product development by integrating a specific SDG and related targets into HCD activities. To illustrate our approach, we used a fictive example to demonstrate what kind of practical implications this integration brings to light. The proposed outline shows that on a theoretical level it is possible to follow a specific target through the HCD process and could therefore be a practical asset to all designers' daily work. Further projects with industrial partners will show the practicability for the daily context and potential needs for adapted as well as new methods and process steps. In addition to practical implementation, we identified several research questions for the field of Sustainable Human‐Computer Interaction (SHCI), e.g., concerning the connection between rebound effects and the HCD process.