Teaching Sustainable Design Through Lifecycle Thinking...Whole Systems Design Whole Systems and...
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Teaching Sustainable Design Through Lifecycle Thinking
American Society for Engineering Education, Vancouver BC Dawn Danby | Sr. Sustainable Design Program Manager, Autodesk
Presentation modified with extra info for easier reading. For sharing by ASEE.
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Carmanah Pacific Provincial Park, BC 1992 - family trip to a threatened watershed
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Grade 10 Environmental Science, Ontario 1993: basics of plant biology, carbon cycle, human impact on climate, nuclear reactor mechanics, OPEC, coal plant visit, etc
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Today:
1. Toolsets and Mindsets
2. Diving into Whole Systems & Lifecycle Thinking. Workshop with your Participation.
3. Using the Autodesk Sustainability Workshop
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photo: Curtis Palmer (Flickr)
How can we identify and solve the most important problems?
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How can we inspire young engineers & designers - and give them a sense of agency?Former sustainability intern Rachel Deller, 2008
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© 2010 Autodesk Confidential Autodesk Clean Tech Partner Program: Tesla Motors
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© 2010 Autodesk Confidential
Pi Mobility, Image Courtesy of Pi Mobility
Autodesk Clean Tech Partner Program: Pi Mobility Electric Bike
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Autodesk software, Finite Element Analysis
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Autodesk Inventor, Eco Materials Adviser: Granta Materials data for H2O, GHG, etc...
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But wait a minute! How do I know that (for example) material selection is important? What about pollution, energy, water?
Everything has impact. But those impacts are often “invisible”. Humans tend to focus on what they can “see”.
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oil spill #1: visible and immediatephoto: Guardian UK
Deepwater Horizon, Gulf of Mexico 2010
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Athabasca oil (tar) sands, Alberta Canada
oil spill #2: vast, but ‘far away’
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oil spill #3: everywhere, yet invisibleSuburban construction, USA. Building use = largest segment of Energy use & GHG
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Our challenge is to include both the visible and invisible impacts.
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3 quick working definitions:1. sustainable design2. whole systems thinking3. lifecycle thinking
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1. Sustainable Designreduces (or even eliminates!) the use of energy, materials, water and land; and the impact on humans + other living things
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2. Whole Systems Thinking helps you consider all the social, environmental, and technical systems that a product is a part of.
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3. Lifecycle Thinking looks at all of the stages involved in a product’s life: raw materials extraction, manufacture, transport, use, and disposal.
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VIDEO: Introduction to Whole Systems Design
on the Autodesk Sustainability Workshop:http://students.autodesk.com/?nd=sustainable_strategy&course_id=1#introductiontowholesystemsdesign
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We have great tools to help teachers with the principles of sustainable design. But students will grasp these ideas through practice, by applying sustainability in hands-on, applied projects.
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Get in a group of 5-6 and pick a product(We’ll show a refrigerator example)
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1. Define the problem by looking at the whole system
Basic whole systems map of a refrigerator
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2. Prioritize objectives by assessing lifecycle impacts
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Define the system boundaries. Where are my redesign opportunities?
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Raw Materials
Manufacturing
Transportation
Energy Use
Disposal
Depletes non-renewable resources, causes pollution, uses land.
Uses energy and fuel, causes air pollution
Uses energy, causes pollution (solid waste, air pollution)
Land use (landfilling), may release some pollutants into the environment
Uses electricity. Impacts vary based on energy source (coal, nuclear, wind).
Where are the environmental impacts?
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Where do the Environmental Impacts Come From?
Data from Okala Curriculum for Sustainable Design, available from IDSA.org
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3. BrainstormSolutions by looking at thewholesystem
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K-12 “Brainstorming with Rules”, Stanford d-School
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Ways to change the size and shape of the refrigerator
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Changing the energy source and end-of-life options.
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Reducing losses when opening and closing the fridge.Or avoiding the fridge altogether.
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1. Define the problem by looking at the whole system
1.2. Prioritize objectives by assessing lifecycle impacts
3. Brainstorm Solutions by looking at the whole system
4. Use metrics to evaluate and choose solutions
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Whole Systems DesignWhole Systems and Lifecycle Thinking Lesson PlanRocky Mountain Institute’s Factor 10 Engineering (RMI 10xE) principlesRMI 10xE case studiesWhole Systems: Quick Reference GuideLife Cycle Assessment Primer
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Say hi:
Dawn Danby [email protected] Sustainability Workshopwww.autodesk.com/sustainabilityworkshoptwitter @ecoworkshop
Send me a note and I will send you key teaching guides. Let us know how it goes!
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