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| Global temperature is now at 58.6 degF, a raise of how many degrees would turn earth into a desert? |
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| what percentage of mammals are facing extinction? |
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| thinking about the entire life cycle of a product/service. |
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| what is human ecological impacts? |
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| human pop. x (wealth/person) x ((pollution+resource depletion)/unit economic wealth) |
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| meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of the future generations to meet their own needs |
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| environmental benign, economically viable and socially equitable |
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| What is The Natural Step? |
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| an international organization who proposes 4 system conditions to help stabilize the bioshpere. |
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| what is the first system condition of the TNS? |
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| 1. fossil fuels, metals and other minerals must not be extracted at a faster rate than their redeposit and regeneration into the earths crust. |
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| what is the second system condition of TNS? |
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| substances must not be produced faster than they can be broken down and be regenerated into the earth |
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| What is the third system condition of TNS? |
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| the physical basis for the productivity and diversity of nature must not be systematically deteriorated |
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| what is the fourth system condition of TNS? |
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| basic human needs must be met with the most resource efficient methods possible, including equitable resource depletion. |
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decline in living systems is in conflict with increasing demand for products.
(a forward planning company is more profitable than a reactive, defensive company) |
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| This is a measure of how many 'Earth's" worth of resources are we currently using globally,according to the World Wildlife Fund. |
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| Global Ecological FootPrint. |
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| what is the global population? |
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| This is when an excess of nutrients gets in a lake, causing algea blooms and depriving the other living organisms of oxygen |
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| Globally we have lost 1/3 of this due to industrial farming practices |
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| This is design to reduce the ecological impacts of a product or service |
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| This is the Fifth and most devoted stage of the sustainability journey after "Integrated Strategy" |
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| This is design for closed loop systems in biological and technical cycles. |
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| This is the international agreement on how E-waste should be handled between countries |
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Basel Convention
Almost every country has joined except
the United States |
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| These are valuable recoverable metals from e-waste |
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gold, platinum,palladium, copper, iron, nickel,
tin and zinc |
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wastewater channels in Guiyu China, where most e-waste recycling takes place, found levels of these heavy metals 400 to 600 times higher than is considered
safe. |
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copper, lead, tin,
or cadmium |
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| This is a stage on the journey of sustainable business where a company is ignorant or chooses to ignore environmental legislation. |
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| This type of company takes volunteer actions to improve their eco performance like implementing ISO 14000 management systems |
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| Nike is an example of this type of company who sees sustainability innovation as a way to be more profitable in the future and adjusts their planning to suit. |
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| This government backed rating systems lets consumers know how efficient electrical product are at the point of purchase. |
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| Lead (Pb), Cadmium (Cd), Mercury (Hg), Hexavalent chromium (Hex-Cr), Polybrominated biphenyls (PBB), and Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE) are all restricted and must be tested for with this European Directive. |
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RoHS Directive
Restriction of Hazardous Substances |
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| WEEE is the acronymn for this and is part of a large trend towards producer responsibility legistation in Europe. |
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| Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment |
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| Environment Canada is a ministry of the Canadian Government which protects the environment using this act. |
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| Canadian Environmental Protection Act |
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| This is a department of a company who focuses on the community impact of a corporation. |
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| the Corporate Social Responsibility department |
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| These are a set of principles to help companies ensure their workers in all parts of the world are being treated with dignity and respect. |
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| the Fair Labour Principles |
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| addition of gases into the atmosphere through burning fossil fuels. (agricultural practices, industrial practices) |
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| effect of toxic substances on plants, animals and other biota in the natural environment. |
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fossil fuels being turned to Co2 too fast
fresh water converted to forms that are not recoverable
minerals are being produced into forms that arent recycled.
topsoil is eroding from agriculture |
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| Product design will succeed on many levels if it meets the needs of its stakeholders, what are the stakeholders? |
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| the environment, the user, society and the client |
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| what are the 9 stages to the product life cycle? |
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1. natural environment
2. raw material extraction
3. material processing
4. component manufacturing
5. assembly and packaging
6. distribution and purchase
7. installation and use
8. maintenance and upgrading
9. incineration/landfilling/reuse, recycle |
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| What type of plastic do you use for components that are more than 1/5 pound/ |
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| ps, ps/abs, hdpe, pvc or pp |
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| what is the first design phase in the eco strategy wheel? |
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| design for innovation, re think on how to provide a benefit (biomimicry) |
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| what comes after innovation in the eco strategy wheel? |
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| Design with Low impact materials, renewable resources, waste by products |
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| what comes after low impact materials in the eco strategy design wheel? |
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| Optimized manufacturing, minimize energy and # of components |
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| what comes after optimize manufacturing in the eco design strategy? |
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| efficient distribution, reduce packaging, local distribution, low impact travel |
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| what comes after efficient distribution in the eco design strategy? |
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| Low Impact use, reduce energy, material and water inefficiencies |
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| what comes after low impact use in eco design strategy? |
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| optimized product life time, design for upgrades, durability, second life |
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| what comes after optimized product life time in eco design strategy? |
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| optimized end-of-life, ease of disassembly, downcycling, recycling, biodegrade etc. |
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| transformation of resources and materials throughout a product. |
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| life cycle impact assessment |
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| what are the steps in LCA? |
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1. Bill of Materials
2. Inventory
3. Characterization
4. Normalization
5. Weighting |
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| what is a system boundary? |
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| what is outside of product boundaries ex. if you are designing a coffee cup, look at disposal of coffee and brewing of coffee. |
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| What is product lifetime? |
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| # of total hours that the product will be used in its lifetime, agree on a realistic estimation of lifetime. |
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| allows comparison of disparate products in terms of impacts per unit of delivered service. |
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| What type of transport is more damaging than road, rail and water? |
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| what are the steps in Life Cycle Analysis? |
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1. Define product boundaries
2. BOM
3. Calculate impacts and make chart. |
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| what are the top 5 sustainable design principles? |
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1. look at the whole picture of a product system
2. energy in manufacturing
3. material choices
4. social responsibility
5. help people have a long term view of sustainability |
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| What is status quo world view? |
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| cradle to grave, we can continue to grow exponentially, natural resources are for us to use |
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| how much would the oceans rise if 1/2 of greenland's ice melted? |
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| how much % of old growth forests are gone? |
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| human activity which absorbs resources but creates no value |
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| eco-produce > consume > re-use |
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| What is Hannover Principles? |
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| A set of statements about designing buildings and objects with forethought about their environmental impact, their effect on the sustainability of growth, and their overall impact on society |
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| what are some hannover principles? |
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| recognize interdependance, eliminate concept of waste, understand limitations of design, rely on natural energy flows, seek constant improvement, accept responsibility for the consequences of design decisions. |
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| Socially responsible design values? |
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| make life better for people, assume responsibility, demonstrate transparency, deep ecology |
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