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ENGR 101/ HUM 200: Technology & Society. November 3, 2005. Agenda. Exam rescheduled for Tuesday 11/8 Interim Project report due Monday 11/7 Review of Amory Lovins video “Making It Better” Projects. Amory Lovins Video. Title: “Designing Products and Considering Consequences”
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ENGR 101/ HUM 200: Technology & Society November 3, 2005
Agenda • Exam rescheduled for Tuesday 11/8 • Interim Project report due Monday 11/7 • Review of Amory Lovins video • “Making It Better” Projects
Amory Lovins Video Title: “Designing Products and Considering Consequences” • What were your takeaways? • Review design examples • 9 Dots problem • Interface Corp. • Village Homes, Davis, CA
9 Dots • Think outside the box E. Land: “People who seem to have had a new idea have often simply stopped having an old idea.” • Origami method, geographic method, cut out dots, statistician’s, fat line
Pipes & Pumps • Large pipes more expensive, less friction • Pumps more expensive • Optimizing the parts but “pessimizing” the system • Lay out pipes first, then equipment • Twelve fold savings because of friction reductions
Village Homes • Early green housing development • Amenities including green spaces, edible landscape, low crime • Swales and orchards capture water • Savings on energy and irrigation costs • High real estate value
4 Principles of Natural Capitalism • Dramatically increase the productivity of natural resources • Shift to biologically inspired production models • Move to solutions-based business model • Reinvest in natural capital See HBR article and www.rmi.org
Natural Capitalism • Protect the biosphere • Improve profits and competitiveness • Make resources more productive • California: waste = unsaleable production • “We all live downwind and downstream of what we make!” • Value of biosphere services is $33 trillion annually!
Making It Better • Define “better” • How will you know you have succeeded? • Clearly define target users (scope) • If interviewing or testing them, how identify or recruit them? • Multiple ways to prototype
Next class • Unit 4 readings online by Friday • Friday screening Amory Lovins video lecture • Groups meet • Exam scheduled for Tuesday the 8th; review session will be Monday 5:30pm-6:30 pm • Pick up tests and Bridge Builder exercise!