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Eco-design Course Introduction

Eco-design Course Introduction. Kristjan Piirimäe (37 2) 5116916 kristjan.piirimae@ttu.ee. Literature. Analytical tools for environmental design and management in a systems perspective. N. Wrisberg and H.A.U. de Haes. 2002

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Eco-design Course Introduction

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  1. Eco-design Course Introduction Kristjan Piirimäe (37 2) 5116916 kristjan.piirimae@ttu.ee

  2. Literature • Analytical tools for environmental design and management in a systems perspective. N. Wrisberg and H.A.U. de Haes. 2002 • Sustainable solutions. Developing products and services for the future. M. Charter and U. Tischner. 2001. • Paul Hawken, Amory B. Lovins, and L. Hunter Lovins (1999). Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution. Little, Brown.

  3. Web sources • http://www.designgreen.org/ • http://www.ecolect.net/ • http://www.greenbuilder.com/ • http://www.sustainabledesignupdate.com/

  4. Contents • Course components • Content of lectures • Excursions / case studies • Team work • Requirements

  5. Course components • Theoretical part • Excursions / Estonian case studies • Team work / practice

  6. Theoretical part - lectures • Analytical tools in environmental design • Eco-design strategies • Areas of interest: eco-architecture, electronics etc. • Global case studies

  7. Excursions / Estonian case studies • Three excursions to see the relationships between product design and environment • Seminars at site: product life cycle, eco-design issues, working out sustainable solutions

  8. Teamwork / global case studies • Formation of teams for eco-design exercises (a game) • Team size 1 – 5 students • Team composition may change during course: increasing, decreasing, joining, splitting etc. • Each team chooses a product/service to work with (it can be revised or completely rechosen during the course) • Each student is responsible for the performance of the entire team (each team gets marks that apply to each member of the team)

  9. Requirements

  10. Ideas for excursions • Reet Aus, eco-design of textile products • Natuurehitus, eco-architecture • Mahekaup, sales of eco-goods • Uuskasutuskeskus, reuse of goods • Elion, information technologies • Alfstyle Audio, loudspeakers • Harju Elekter, electrical equipment • 4Room, lamps and furniture

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