Dr Jose L. Casamayor
BDes-Hons, BEng, PGDip, MPhil, PhD,
Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre
Technical Fellow - Design for the Circular Economy
j.casamayoralarco@sheffield.ac.uk
Design Prototyping and Testing Centre
Full contact details
Dr Jose L. Casamayor
Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre
Design Prototyping and Testing Centre
Wallis Way
Rotherham
S60 5TZ
Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre
Design Prototyping and Testing Centre
Wallis Way
Rotherham
S60 5TZ
- Profile
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Jose is a Technical Fellow in Design for the Circular Economy at the AMRC (Design & Prototyping Group). He holds degrees in Industrial Design (BDes-Hons), Industrial Design Engineering (BEng), Product Design (MPhil), Sustainable Product Design Engineering (PhD) and Technology and Design (PGDip).
He worked as a Research Fellow in Sustainable Product Design (2008-2015), Hourly Paid Lecturer in Sustainable Product Design (2010-2012), Research Funding Manager (2015-2017) and Research and Business Development Officer (2017-2018) at Nottingham Trent University (UK).
Between 2018-2020, he worked as a Research Development Executive at the Research Institute for Future Transport and Cities, Coventry University.
- Qualifications
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BDes-Hons, BEng, PGDip, MPhil, PhD
- Research interests
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R&D: Methods and Tools to support Product Design Engineers to make Eco/Sustainable/Circular design decisions, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA).
Innovation: Design for the Circular Economy; Sustainable Product Design; Eco-Design; Life Cycle Assessment (LCA.
- Publications
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Books
- Textiles 2030 - Circular Design Toolkit. Banbury: WRAP.
Edited books
- Proceedings of the Special session: Sustainable lighting, 5th conference of Advanced Design and Manufacture (ADM 2013). Nottingham: Nottingham Trent University.
Journal articles
- SemaNet: Bridging words and numbers for predicting missing environmental data in life cycle assessment.. Environmental Science & Technology, 59(39), 21131-21146. View this article in WRRO
- Adaptive LCI data completion: Integrating neural processes and active learning for enhanced life cycle assessment. Procedia CIRP, 135, 136-141. View this article in WRRO
- Human-powered hydroponic systems: An environmental and economic assessment. Sustainable Production and Consumption, 46, 268-281. View this article in WRRO
- Eco-redesign of lighting products. LEUKOS.
- Sustainable product design education: current practice. She Ji: The Journal of Design, Economics, and Innovation, 7(4), 611-637.
- Investigation of a process to eco-design LED lighting products. Sustainability, 13(8). View this article in WRRO
- An integrated approach for eco-design and Its application in LED lighting product development. Sustainability, 13(2). View this article in WRRO
- Comparative life cycle assessment of LED lighting products. Lighting Research & Technology, 50(6), 801-826.
- Using human-powered products for sustainability and health: Benefits, challenges, and opportunities. Journal of Cleaner Production, 168, 575-583.
- Utilisation of a toolbox for computer aided development of LED lighting products. International Journal of Mechanical and Production Engineering (IJMPE), 3(4), 56-61. View this article in WRRO
- Extending the lifespan of LED-lighting products. Architectural Engineering and Design Management, 11(2), 105-122. View this article in WRRO
- Integration of eco-design tools into the development of eco-lighting products. Journal of Cleaner Production, 47, 32-42. View this article in WRRO
- Environmental impact assessment of lighting products. Key Engineering Materials, 486, 171-174.
Book chapters
- Review of Directives, Regulations and Standards Related to Sustainable Product Design and Manufacture In Su D (Ed.), Sustainable Product Development Tools, Methods and Examples (pp. 15-37). Switzerland: Springer Nature. View this article in WRRO
- Assessment of the environmental impact of lighting product In Su D (Ed.), Sustainable Product Development: Tools, Methods and Examples (pp. 271-291). Switzerland: Springer Nature. View this article in WRRO
- Integrated approach for eco-lighting product development In Su D (Ed.), Sustainable Product Development: Tools, Methods and Examples (pp. 313-349). Switzerland: Springer Nature. View this article in WRRO
- Integration of detailed/screening LCA software-based tools into design processes In Matsumoto M, Umeda Y, Masui K & Fukushige S (Ed.), Design for Innovative Value Towards a Sustainable Society (pp. 609-614). Springer Netherlands View this article in WRRO
Conference proceedings
- An attempt to define industrial design research through a comparative design-based disciplines framework. College Conference: Re-defining Research: conference proceedings (pp 139-150). Nottingham, UK, 8 July 2010 - 8 July 2010. View this article in WRRO
- Green lighting product design with a life cycle assessment approach. Electronics Goes Green 2012+: Taking Green to the Next Level. Berlin, 9 September 2012 - 9 September 2012. View this article in WRRO
- Sustainable lighting product design : a new approach and an industrial case study. Proceedings of the LeNS conference, Vol. II (pp 1148-1162). Sheffield, 29 September 2010 - 29 September 2010. View this article in WRRO
- Materials selection in sustainable lighting product design : an industrial case study. Proceedings of the Summer School of Sustainable Product Design and Renewable Ocean Energy (pp 115-121), 18 September 2010 - 18 September 2010. View this article in WRRO
- 3rd International conference on advanced design and manufacture (ADM2010). Journal of Cleaner Production, Vol. 18(12) (pp 1226-1226)
- Industrial design, industrial design engineering and design engineering : different perspectives of a PhD in design. CEPHAD 2010: The borderland between philosophy and design research proceedings (pp 47-51). Copenhagen, Denmark, 26 January 2010 - 26 January 2010. View this article in WRRO
- A matrix-based tool of streamlined life cycle assessment (SLCA) to assist sustainable product design. Proceedings of the Advanced Design and Manufacture (ADM 2009) Conference (pp 79-82), 24 September 2009 - 24 September 2009. View this article in WRRO
- Web-based collaborative working environment and sustainable furniture design. Proceedings of the 19th CIRP Design Conference – Competitive Design, 2009 (pp 9-16). Cranfield, UK, 30 March 2009 - 30 March 2009. View this article in WRRO
- Web-based collaboration work environment for furniture design. Proceedings of the International Workshop on Modern Science and Technology (IWST 2008), 29 November 2008 - 29 November 2008. View this article in WRRO
Patents
- Joint-connector. 002517342-0001 (Spain). Appl. 26 Oct 2025.
- Orientable and multifunctional technical spotlight. 001360770-0003 (Spain). Appl. 26 Oct 2025.
- Orientable and multifunctional technical spotlight (version 2). 001360770-0001 (Spain). Appl. 26 Oct 2025.
Reports
- Sustainable by Design: Designing for people, planet, and prosperity
Exhibitions
- The Northern Light Fair. Northern Light Trade Fair, Sweden.
- La cadira en mira, objectes and concepts per a un canvi de segle. Arts Centre of Escaldes-Engordany of Andorra, Spain.
- Design Museum of Barcelona. Design Museum of Barcelona, Spain.
- Naples Biennial of young artists from Europe and the Mediterranean. Castel Sant Elmo, Italy.
- Spanish Passion. Valencia, Spain.
- Furnishing the Future House. Domus Mediterranea, Valencian International furniture fair (FIM).
- NUDE. Valencian International furniture fair (FIM), Spain.
- IKEA project 'Pine is Fine'. IKEA design centre, Sweden.
- The next Big Thing. Contemporary Art fair (ARCO), Spain.
- NUDE. Valencian International furniture fair (FIM), Spain.
- NUDE. Valencian International furniture fair (FIM), Spain.
- B-Lux company Stand. B-Lux company stand, Valencian International furniture fair (FIM).
- CEVISAMA. CEVISAMA, Spain.
Posters
- RECYCLELED : a recyclable LED luminaire with casing made of recycled PET. Nottingham Trent University - Industrial Showcase.
- ECOLIGHTS : market deployment of eco-innovative lighting products. Nottingham Trent University - Industrial Showcase.
- cycLED : cycling resources embedded in systems containing light emitting diodes. Nottingham Trent University - Industrial Showcase.
- Energy management team, Nottingham city council, UK. Nottingham City Council, UK.
- Ecolights: Market deployment of eco-innovative lighting products. College research conference. View this article in WRRO
- cycLED: Cycling resources embedded in systems containing light emitting diodes. College research conference. View this article in WRRO
- A framework to integrate environmental impact assessment tools into design processes. College research conference.
Theses
- How to reduce the environmental impact of LED-based lighting products during the design process.
Presentations
- The current state of play in Sustainable Product Design within HE and how we ensure its currency in future. International Society for Circular Economy (IS4CE).
- Sustainable lighting. Nottingham Trent University.
- Sustainable lighting : the state of the art. Nottingham Trent University.
- A review of environmental impact assessment tools (EIAT) to assist sustainable product design. Harbin Engineering University, China.
- Sustainable lighting product design : a new approach and an industrial case study. Harbin Engineering University, China. View this article in WRRO
- Sustainable product design : main EU regulations/directives. Harbin Engineering University, China.
- A sustainable approach for furniture return supported by web technology . Loughborough University, UK. View this article in WRRO
- Web-based collaboration for furniture design : survey and introduction of the collaborative working environment (CWE). Nantes, France. View this article in WRRO
- Textiles 2030 - Circular Design Toolkit. Banbury: WRAP.
- Research group
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Design & Prototyping Group (DPG)
- Grants
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- HVMC, Design for Sustainability and Circularity, (Co-I), 2023-2024, £40,000
- EPSRC - CENTS (Circular Economy Network+ in Transportation Systems), Towards a UK battery digital product passport to enable circular batteries, (Co-I), 2023, £10,000
- AMRC-ABG, LCA Light, (Co-I), 2023-2024, £12,000
- HVMC, High value recycling guide, (Co-I), 2023-2024, £10,000
- EPSRC - CENTS (Circular Economy Network+ in Transportation Systems), Circular Product Digital Design Tools, (PI), 2022, £3,000
- HVMC, Predictive Evaluation of Product and Process Sustainability in Design, (Co-PI), 2022-2023, £500,000.
- HVMC, Virtual Prototyping for Accelerated Sustainable Product Design, (Co-I), 2022-2023, £375,000.
- NERC - Discipline hopping Award, EVIDEST: Understanding the environmental impact caused at the design stage, (PI), 2022, £15,000
- H2020, CIRC4Life: A circular economy approach for lifecycles of products and services, (Role: Research Funding Manager; PI and Project coordinator: Prof. Daizhong Su, Nottingham Trent University), 2018 - 2021, €6,294,033.
- Innovate UK, Networking Value with Armadillo, (Co-I), 2015 - 2016, £23,498.
- EU-FP7-ENV 2012, myEcoCost: A consumer oriented prototype-forming the nucleus of a Novel Ecological Accounting System, (Co-I), 2012 - 2015, €2,279,034.
- EU-CIP-EIP-ECO-INNOVATION, EcoLights: Market Deployment of Eco-Innovative Lighting Products, (Co-I and Project Manager), 2012 - 2014, €500,251.
- EU-FP7-ENV 2011, cycLED: Cycling resources embedded in systems containing Light Emitting Diodes, (Co-I), 2012 - 2015, €3,114,165.
- HEFCE-HEIF-SIS, Sustainable Lighting Product Design, (Co-Principal Investigator and Project Manager), 2009 - 2010, £10,000.