Sustainable Design Engineering

On completion of this module, students will be better able to:

•   Explain important sustainability issues in the design process
•   Analyse a product and related system in the context of sustainability principles
•   Select and apply appropriate methods to design for sustainability
•   Develop a novel and sustainable solution in response to environmental analysis
•   Prototype a concept of a sustainable system using models and videos
•   Communicate sustainable design engineering concepts and detail designs using models, freehand sketches, CAD solid model, and prototypes               

 

Description of Content

Sustainable development:
  Sustainable development
  Linear and circular economies
Sustainable design:
  Sustainable product design
  Strategies and principles to reduce impact
  Service design process models
  Product-service systems
  Sustainable design standards
Sustainable materials and manufacturing:
  Case studies of sustainable materials applied to design
Design for X methods:
  Systems thinking
  Design for manufacture
  Design for assembly and disassembly
  Design for lifecycle
  Design for reuse, remanufacture, recycling
  Design for energy minimisation
  Life cycle assessment
Aesthetics and form:
  Aesthetic of sustainable products
  Aesthetic of imperfection