- 3EMAFCS6

Goal(s)

The ‘Introduction to Sustainable Design’ course comprises two components:
1) The *‘Fundamentals of Sustainable Design’*, consisting of 10 lectures and 4 design workshops
2) The immersive ‘Sustainable Design Week’, involving group work on a real-world problem

The learning objectives of the *‘Fundamentals of Sustainable Design’* module are to enable students to:

• become aware of socio-ecological issues and the skills they need to develop to address them,
• understand the basics of design, eco-design and what sustainable design might entail,
• to understand the drivers and impacts of design on sustainability.

Responsible(s)

Stephane GUILLET

Content(s)

Course on the fundamentals of sustainable design (20 hours): 10 sessions of 2 hours each, consisting of interactive lectures or large-group activities (World Café or Forum):

• Lecture: ‘Introduction: Biophysical constraints’
• Lecture: ‘Planetary boundaries and the Anthropocene’
• Lecture: ‘Energy challenges and resource depletion’
• Lecture: ‘Needs analysis and functional analysis’
• Lecture: ‘Design process, life cycle, LCA, eco-design, materials, manufacturing, recyclability’
• Lecture: ‘Design for Sustainability (DFS)’
• Course: ‘Sociology of Quantification’
  – World Café: ‘Sustainable Design’
  – Forum: ‘Sustainable Design: Case Study’
  – Forum: ‘Acting as an Engineer, Scientist or Citizen’

Applications in various fields (48 hours) (4 applications of 12 hours each):

1) ‘Mechanical Design’ application: product analysis, design and manufacturing processes, testing, requirements, standards, hydraulic diagrams, product critique, materials, product modelling with SolidWorks

2) ‘Electrical Design’ application: Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), design of experiments, transformers, data analysis, reading electrical diagrams

3) ‘Land Use Planning’ application: stormwater management, requirements, solution sizing, material balances, multi-criteria analysis with co-benefits, systems approach, choice of indicators

4) ‘Weak and Strong Sustainability (Systems)’ application: systems approach, weak and strong sustainability, text analysis, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Design for Sustainability (DFS), Environmentally-oriented design

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Test

Session 1
Final exam (ET1): 2 hours supervised written exam

Session 2
Final exam (ET2): new assessment (ET2) to replace session 1 assessment (ET1)

Calendar

The course exists in the following branches:

• Curriculum - Master of Engineering GEE - Semester 5-6

Additional Information

Course ID : 3EMAFCS6
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