Lectures
- Lecture 1: Introduction
- Lecture 2: (Un)Sustainable
- Lecture 3: Patterns of Development
- Lecture 4: Economic, Social and Political Structures
- Lecture 5: Technology Assessment & Measuring Sustainability
- Lecture 6: Technology and Society
- Lecture 7: Sustainable Enterprises
- Lecture 8: Sustainable Design
- Lecture 9: Innovation Processes
- Lecture 10: Technology for Sustainable Development
Sustainable Development for Engineers
(WM0929)Lecture 8: Sustainable Design
Design and Sustainable Development
8_OCW_-_Design_and_Sustainable_Development_1.pdf This lecture is a short introduction to the role of sustainable development in design. Engineers design products, processes and systems and doing so have a considerable effect on the sustainability of these products, processes and systems. The LiSD wheel (Lifecycle Design Strategies) is mentioned as a tool to compare the eco-efficiency of different design strategies. |
Key-words: technological innovation, eco-efficiency, sustainable design.
Reading: Chapter 8 of ‘Sustainable Development for Engineers’: Design and sustainable development.
