Topic 3 Green Design

Principles of Green Design

Life Cycle Analysis
Strategies for Green Design

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 Task
• Working in pairs/groups and using the
following slides and their titles, you are
going to research and complete each of
the tasks
• Definitions and detailed explanations are
required supported by examples
• Add a bibliography to your slide show and
give sources for any images used in the
slide show
 Green Design
• Define
 Renewable Resources
• Define
 Non-renewable Resources
• Define
 Reasons for Green Design
• Outline the reasons for green design
• Consider consumer pressure and legislation
 “Take back” legislation
• Define and examine the impact on
designers and manufacturers
 People’s Attitude to Green
Issues
• Eco-warriors
• Eco-champions
• Eco-fans
• Eco-phobes
• Define and explain the above
 Eco-Footprint
• Define and examine your own eco-footprint
 Life Cycle Analysis
 Define, by using two of the following Search
Engines Yahoo, Ask, Dogpile, Wikipedia, Alta
Vista, Excite, Google, Lycos, Windows Live
 List with the links the top 10 results
 Look at each site and list products mentioned in
the sites as examples
 Use images and reference correctly all sources used
 Eco Labelling
• Describe the reasons for the introduction
of eco-labelling
• Give six examples of eco-labelling
 Eco-Labelling Schemes
• Below are 4 examples of eco-labelling schemes.
Select 2 schemes and compare the objectives of
the schemes

www.defra.gov.uk/environment/consumerprod/ecolabel
www.environment.gov.au/settlements/industry/corporate/labelling

www.hkfep.com www.greenseal.org
 Design for Manufacture
(DfM)
• Define
 Design for Materials
• Define
 Design for Process
• Define
 Design for Assembly
• Define
 Environmental Impact
• Describe how designers can modify the
environmental impact of the production,
use and disposal of their product through
careful consideration at the design stage
• Relate this to McDonalds/Smart Cars
research
Reuse, Repair, Reconditioning
& Recycling
• Define each of the above, and give
examples
 Recycling Materials
• List three material groups that can be
easily and economically recycled, give
examples
 Design for Disassembly
• Define
 Strategies of Design for
Disassembly
• Discuss two strategies that designers
could employ to design for disassembly
• Use the some of the images provided for
your answers
• Some of the images link to their original
sites
 Strategies of Design for
Disassembly
• Designing components made from one material
• Using thermoplastic adhesives that lose their
properties when reheated
• Designing snap fittings instead of welding and
glueing
 Bibliography
• http://www.devon.gov.uk/index/environment/waste_disposal/re
• http://www.novelisrecycling.co.uk/index_community_recycling
• http://www.ayres.com.au/category.asp?c1id=131
• http://www.88-gifts.com/razrv3/motorola-v3-razr-black-pink-ha
• http://www.clearweld.com/how.aspx
• http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3M/en_GB/3M-Technologi
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