本研究之主要目的在於期望綠色產品開發之時,即能考慮消費者對於材料的情感感受,以便於利用材料加工達到一目了然的綠色外觀。為達到此目的,本研究規畫了三個實驗探討環保與非環保材料之間的情感感受差異,並統整出人們對於環保材料之情感感受,提供未來綠色產品開發參考用。 實驗1分成三個階段進行且在日本與台灣兩國收集數據。實驗1-1以開放式問卷調查受測者對於環保的聯想物以及情感感受。實驗1-2以開放式問卷調查26種實體材料之情感感受。實驗1-3請受測者指認26種實體材料裡何者為環保材料。實驗2利用實驗1-1所得到之台灣受測者資料進行進一步的關聯調查。實驗3利用實驗2所得之代表性環保情感感受,與實驗1-1所得之環保聯想物進行關聯性調查。 根據實驗結果顯示,台灣與日本受測者對於環保之概念以及其情感感受具有顯著的差異,台灣與日本受測者對於環保概念與情感感受之差異如下: 1.台灣受測者認為與環保最有相關的物品為“再生紙” 2.日本受測者認為與環保最有相關的物品為“再生紙”與“寶特瓶” 3.最被台灣與日本受測者認為環保的情感感受為“粗糙的”感覺。但日本對於環保之感受比例次高者為“咖啡色的”、“溫暖的”與“柔軟的”,而台灣對於環保之感受比例次高者依序則為“綠色的”、“可回收的”與“可分解的”。 4.日本受測者將玉米塑膠辨認為環保材料,台灣受測者卻將玉米塑膠辨認為非環保材料;而日本受測者認為非環保的材料如普通A4紙、普通牛仔布與石膏,台灣則認為該三個材料是環保的。 5.比較受測者的環保概念與環境衝擊指數之差異,結果顯示台灣受測者之環保概念較日本受測者好一些。 台灣受測者對於環保之情感感受,利用多元尺度分析法可以得到一個以“天然”與“加工”為兩極的一維環保感受空間。最偏向加工之環保感受為“貴的”,其環保聯想物為蠶絲、石頭紙、竹子與木頭。最偏向天然之環保感受為“粗糙的”,其聯想物為再生紙、瓦楞紙、石頭、麻、木頭、石頭紙和竹子。
The main purpose of this study is to reduce the gap between eco-friendly usage and eco-friendly looking. To fulfill this purpose, three experiments were carried out. In Experiment 1, three-step investigation was conducted in Japan and Taiwan. In Experiment 1-1, participants were required to report what object can be associated with eco-friendly materials and what kind of feelings can be expressed by eco-friendly materials. In Experiment 1-2, twenty-six materials were displayed, including eco-friendly and non-eco-friendly materials. Each participant was required to write down the affective feelings describing each material based on their vision and tactile evaluation. In Experiment 1-3, each participant was asked to point out which materials are eco-friendly materials. The results showed: (1)Recycled paper was considered to be most related to eco-friendly materials for Taiwanese participants. (2)Recycled paper" and PET bottle were considered to be most related to eco-friendly materials for Japanese participants. (3)"Rough" feeling was found to be the most related to eco-friendly for both Taiwanese and Japanese participants. (4)Poly Lactic Acid was recognized as eco-friendly materials by Japanese participants, but Taiwanese participants disagree. In addition, common paper, denim, and gypsum were recognized as non-eco-friendly materials by Japanese participants, but Taiwanese participants recognized these three materials as eco-friendly materials. (5)The comparison between experimental data and eco-indicator 99 was made; the results showed that the agreement between Taiwanese data and eco-indicator 99 are better than those with Japanese. Moreover, the space of affective feeling of eco-friendly was built by using one-dimensional scale. The bipolar ends were "natural" and "man-made". The "rough" feeling was found to be close to "natural", and the "expensive" feeling was found to be close to "man-made". The objects related to "rough" were recycled paper, corrugated paper, stone, hemp, wood, stone paper and bamboo. The objects related to "expensive" feeling included silk, stone paper, bamboo and wood.