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Victoria-Uribe, Ricardo. "Translating sustainable design : exploring sustainable design integration in Mexican SMEs." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2009. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/12681.
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Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are widely recognized as an important part of the economy, particularly important in countries like Mexico, where SMEs make up almost 90% of the industry. However these SMEs do not consider their impact on the environment and surrounding communities to be a priority, and lack the proper information with regards to how to reduce it. The research presented in this thesis sets out to explore the implementation of Sustainable Design in Mexican SMEs, through the use of a guidebook in the form of a web based tool. This tool, tailored to the specific needs of the Mexican SMEs' aims to deliver·· clear and concise information, raise awareness and improve their environmental and social performance. Through a series of studies it was possible to identify that the socio-cultural and political context of the Mexican SMEs have an impact on the implementation of Sustainable Design. As well, these studies analyze if the proposed prototype tool is capable of working without external support. The findings from the studies were used to develop a theoretical framework for the future development of Sustainable Design information tools aimed at Mexican SMEs.
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Batalha, Maria José Cadarso. "Sustainable communication design." Doctoral thesis, Universidade de Lisboa. Faculdade de Arquitetura, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/12620.
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Danatzko, Joseph M. "Sustainable Structural Design." The Ohio State University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1275406390.
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Johansson, Josefine, and Wohlfart Lisa Zöllner. "Sustainable bathroom design." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-216381.
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Skanska is one of the leading construction companies in Sweden when it comes to sustainable construction. Buildings are responsible for 40 % of both the global energy consumption and the global resources. With the current demand on housing, the building pace needs to increase whilst improving on sustainability. The level of industrialisation in the construction sector is still low compared to other sectors. Prefabricated components such as walls or slabs are common and during the last decade, prefabricated bathroom modules (henceforth referred as pods) have been introduced and are now used quite frequently in commercial buildings. A pod is a completely factory manufactured bathroom that is just lifted in place. The aim of this master thesis is to evaluate pods from a sustainable perspective and compare them to a traditional site built bathroom. Data is collected through field studies, interviews, a survey, reference projects and research.The analysis consists of seven key factors, Design, Human Resources, Waste, Time, Transport, Economy and Energy. The analysis resulted in improving four of the seven key factors when using pods; Human resources, waste, time and economy. The main benefit was reduced production time and thereby large cost savings, that for the reference project was 6,6 % of the total project cost. Usually, life cycle costs are not included in the initial costings, which gives a misleading price. Pods are a suitable concept for projects with at least 25-30 bathrooms, where the end user does not affect the design and where there is at least 20 bathrooms for each model.Skanska är ett av de ledande byggföretagen inom hållbarhet i Sverige. Byggnader står för 40 % av både den globala energianvändningen och de globala resurserna. På grund av dagens rådande bostadsbrist behöver byggtakten öka och samtidigt bli hållbarare. Industrialiseringen inom byggsektorn är jämfört med andra branscher låg, men prefabricerade komponenter såsom väggar och bjälklag används i stor utsträckning. Under det senaste decenniet har även prefabricerade badrumsmoduler blivit allt vanligare i kommersiella projekt. En modul är ett komplett badrum, tillverkat i fabrik, som enbart lyfts på plats och kopplas in. Syftet med arbetet är att utvärdera modulkonceptet ur ett hållbarhetsperspektiv och att jämföra det med ett traditionellt platsbyggt badrum. Data har samlats in genom studiebesök, intervjuer, enkät, referensprojekt och bakgrundsstudier. Analysen baseras på sju nyckeltal, design, personalresurser, spill och förluster, tid, transport, ekonomi samt energi. Användning av moduler resulterar i en förbättring i fyra av sju nyckeltal, personalresurser, spill och förluster, tid och ekonomi. Största fördelen är den förkortade produktionstiden, vilket i sin tur leder till minskade kostnader. För referensprojektet blev kostnadsbesparingarna 6,6 % av den totala projektkostnaden. Vanligtvis är livscykelkostnader i dagsläget inte inräknade i de initiala kalkylerna, vilket ger en missvisande projektkostnad. Moduler är lämpade för projekt med minst 25-30 badrum, där slutanvändaren inte påverkar design och där det är minst 20 badrum per modell.
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Xu, Nan. "Sustainable Waste Treatment : Facilitating sustainable disposal of used garments." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för design (DE), 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-104784.
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Nowadays, with concerns about environmental and health issues, the awareness of more environmentally friendly and sustainable waste disposal is growing. However, due to the widespread disposal of waste items in the fashion field, such as landfills and incineration, the problems caused by these disposal methods cannot meet people’s sustainable needs for waste treatment. Therefore, the project is based on consumers, focusing on the sustainable treatment of used garments, and provides some possibilities for solving problems related to other types of used products. In order to achieve this goal, this project starts from the literature review of garments disposal behavior, and through the understanding of the theories such as life cycle assessment and waste hierarchy, as well as the collection and analysis of user survey data, completed the design of the project solution. By reference to the theoretical framework and application of the methodological framework, the project finally proposed a solution composed of three consumer-oriented design ideas, mainly in the form of social design to facilitate people’s recycling, reuse and other sustainable disposals of used garments.
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Phillips, Christine Ann. "Sustainable place : a place of sustainable development." Thesis, Open University, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.286932.
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Bishop, J. D. K. "Sustainable electricity systems design." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.596670.
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This thesis aims to prove the concept that the design of a sustainable electricity system requires generator deployment within the transmission grid to be co-optimized and integrated with a national electricity policy, which adheres to the constraints of global sustainability. To combat the main human activities which jeopardize total species well-being and global sustainability at large, human appropriated net primary productivity must be reduced by a factor 4,45 and carbon emissions by a factor 1,15 through to 2030. Incorporating these constraints into a high-level electricity policy model, the results for the 27-member European Union and United States suggest that the fuel mixes in each area will show improvement in the flagship of: share of energy from renewable; emissions of greenhouse gases; and security of supply. However, to ensure best-case mix diversity, consumption must be reduced by up to 2,26% and 1,01% below current levels of the European Union and United States, respectively. Integrating the fuel mix policy with generator deployment is accomplished by co-optimizing the former with an optimized power flow, utilizing a matrix balancing algorithm to specify the space and location constraints for the generator types. A case study using mainland Portugal yields transmission loss reductions of 0,43% with 11,88% of total installed capacity deployed as distributed generation using photovoltaic. Innovative distributed wind and photovoltaic schemes in Barbados demonstrate the inclusion of sustainability principles, including attention to issues of waste, energy independence, repeatability throughout the Caribbean and social acceptance. The overall result is a unique, full-chain design tool for sustainable electricity systems.
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Sundvall, David, and Pontus Åberg. "Sustainable Clothes Development : The Development of a Model for Production of Sustainably Produced Clothing." Thesis, Luleå tekniska universitet, Institutionen för ekonomi, teknik och samhälle, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-62091.
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If you are living in Sweden, you´re likely to consume around 15 kg textile every year (Palm, 2011). Of those 15 kg, 10.5 kg are most likely produced in Asia (IPCC, 2014). When producing textile, greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide and methane are emitted. These greenhouse gases are a big cause for the global warming and are having a direct effect on people. 17% of all deaths in China 2015 could be correlated to polluted air (Rohde & Muller, 2015). If people knew the consequences of their consumption it´s in our opinion that they would consume less. More awareness leads to less consumption and ultimately less destruction. Organizations/corporations try to get people to understand but the message doesn’t seem to reach out quite strong enough. In this thesis another approach is investigated. The approach is about spreading a message through sustainable produced clothes with an appealing design, and encouraging consumption. By choosing our sustainable clothes instead of other non-sustainable options the consumer helps solving a social problem, which the (appealing) design is inspired of. The design is not only appealing but also designed to educate the consumer which leads to a more aware person who consumes less. We have worked with and Agile Iterative process which enable us to quickly see results and make changes. The project started with a goal to produce fictive clothes with our approach in mind. This goal was changed along the process and the final result ended up as a model. The model guides the user through two major parts. Part One is to enable a sustainable base for the production of the product where one step is to find a social problem. Part Two is an iterative process which uses the social problem established in Step One as a source of inspiration when designing the product itself. The model encourages the user to iterate the product design process around different aspects of the product. The model can be used by itself as well as a part of a developing process. Our recommendations for further work is to develop the model so it can be used for other types of products.Om du bor I Sverige så konsumerar du troligtvis ca 15 kg textilier per år (Palm, 2011). Av dessa 15 kg så är 10.5 kg producerat i Asien (IPCC, 2014). Vid produktion av textilier släpps miljöfarliga växthusgaser ut. Utsläppen består mestadels av koldioxid och metan och bidrar till den globala uppvärmningen och har en direkt påverkan på människor. I Kina kunde 17% av alla dödsfall registrerade 2015 relateras till förorenad luft (Rohde & Muller, 2015). Om människor visste konsekvenserna av deras konsumtion så skulle de i vår mening konsumera smartare och mindre. Mer medvetna konsumenter leder till mindre konsumtion och i slutändan mindre förstörelse. Det finns organisationer som försöker få människor att förstå och agera men budskapet verkar inte nå ut starkt nog. I detta examensarbete har en annan vinkel undersökts. Vinkeln handlar om att sprida ett budskap genom globalt och humant hållbart producerade kläder med attraktiv design som uppmuntrar till konsumtion. Genom att välja dessa hållbara kläder istället för andra icke-hållbara alternativ hjälper konsumenterna också ett utvalt samhällsproblem som designen är inspirerad av. Designen är inte bara attraktiv utan är även utformad för att utbilda konsumenten vilket leder till en mer medveten person som konsumerar mindre. Vi har arbetat med en Agil iterativ process vilket har låtit oss snabbt se resultat och göra ändringar. Projektet startade med ett mål att skapa fiktiva kläder som var designade kring ett samhällsproblem dit en del av försäljningsvinsten skulle gå till att försöka hjälpa. Denna vision ändrades under projektets gång och resultatet av projektet blev till slut en modell som kan användas vid produktutveckling av kläder. Modellen guidar användaren genom två faser. I den första fasen skapas en grund för hållbar produktion, den hjälper även användaren välja ett socialt problem som designen senare baseras på. Den andra fasen är iterativ process där själva produktutvecklingen äger rum. Modellen uppmanar användaren att iterera designprocessen kring olika designaspekter som fokuserar på en utbildande design. Modellen kan användas för individuellt eller som ett komplement i utvecklingsarbete. Vid fortsatt arbete skulle modellen kunna göras om för att passa andra typer av produkter.
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Afolayan, Samuel Sunday. "Decision support technique for sustainable community design, developing a sustainable community design evaluation methodology." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2001. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/NQ57500.pdf.
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Trinh, Hoang T. "Optimisation framework for sustainable design of concrete buildings." Thesis, Griffith University, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/409575.
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The building industry is identified as the largest single contributor to climate change, due to extensive consumption of natural resources and the discharge of high volumes of carbon emissions. It is consequently imperative for the whole sector to work towards sustainable design and construction. Although structural engineers have the greatest potential to enhance buildings’ sustainability by means of structural optimisation and/or material efficiency, they often play a restricted role in the sustainable design of a project. While many studies separately investigate the eco-friendly potentials of horizontal frames and vertical systems, most of them have not thoroughly considered all major components together for the whole structure, making it challenging for structural designers to incorporate and apply their findings into design projects. In addition, many design factors that are decided in early design stages have tremendous impacts on a building’s life cycle carbon footprint. Therefore, a comprehensive op imisation methodology that allows for a thorough environmental impact assessment and a quick investigation of the design solutions space is extremely essential.
To facilitate sustainable designs of buildings in conceptual and preliminary designs, this research attempts to develop an innovative optimisation framework, combining an advanced deterministic optimisation algorithm and a data-driven surrogate model. Overall, the framework is comprised of two main phases: the design optimisation phase and the surrogate Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) modelling phase. In the design optimisation phase, the carbon-minimised design problems are formulated in accordance with relevant Australian design standards and solved with deterministic Branch-and-Reduce algorithm. Three types of concrete buildings are investigated, namely flat plate, flat slab with drop panels, and beam-slab systems. To verify the effectiveness and reliability of the formulated problems and adopted algorithm, sample building problems are solved and compared with their conventionally designed counterparts. Accordingly, the optimised buildings have shown to be environmentally superior to the conventional designs, with a reduction in EC of 0.8-22.6%, 1.1-32.3%, and 1.8-26.6%, respectively for flat plate, flat slab, and beam-slab buildings. Regardless of the type of buildings, most of the optimised designs were solved within two days, demonstrating significant time efficiency.
In the surrogate ANN modelling phase, hundreds of building optimisation problems with different structural heights, spans, and column grids are randomly generated and solved for minimum CO2 emissions. These numerical applications are subsequently used to develop ANNs for the predictions of optimal design solutions. The input variables are the basic information of a building, including the building height, numbers of spans, column spacings, and concrete strengths for slabs and columns. The outputs are the essential design solutions, namely the slab thickness, drop panel depth, beam dimensions, column size, amounts of reinforcement for slabs, beams and columns, and the resultant carbon footprint.
Thousands of ANNs with different hyperparameters and configurations are investigated to determine the best performing models. The networks are evaluated based on three statistical metrics: the Root Mean Squared Error (RMSE), Mean Absolute Percentage Error (MAPE), and adjusted Coefficient of Determination (𝑅̅2). Compared to statistical multiple linear regression models, ANNs have shown to possess outstanding prediction capability. Most of the best predicting ANNs produce highly accurate results with small RMSEs, MAPEs of less than 10%, and high goodness of fit (𝑅̅2>0.9). While flat plate and flat slab buildings require only 1-2 days to tune the network, the tuning times of surrogate ANNs for beam slab buildings were 3-4 days, which is still short in comparison with the time frame available at initial design phases. Once the models are properly trained, they can predict the design solutions in seconds. Given the reliability of the dataset generated from the optimisation phase as well as the high efficiency and accuracy of the developed ANNs, this innovative framework can assist structural engineers to deliver the most sustainable designs for entire buildings, especially in the short time frames of early design stages.Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
School of Eng & Built Env
Science, Environment, Engineering and Technology
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Daae, Johannes Ludvig Zachrisson. "Informing Design for Sustainable Behaviour." Doctoral thesis, Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Institutt for produktdesign, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-25027.
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Chang, Henry 1967. "Sustainable urban design in China." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/8346.
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Thesis (M.Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 2002.Includes bibliographical references (p. 87-88).
What constitutes sustainable architecture? Clearly, this is a question very much in vogue nowadays, and contemporary responses have been framed for the most part by topics such as new building technologies, energy conservation, climatically and environmentally responsive design, recyclable materials, and so on. Though sustainable architecture must certainly be about many, if not all of these things, my thesis proposes a much more familiar architectural response. Namely, I argue that the design of spaces that facilitate and promote communities is not only a necessary condition for a sustainable architecture, it is the necessary pre-condition. How does an architecture facilitate and promote communities? I have chosen the problem of housing as the vehicle to answer this question, because I believe one's living arrangement ought to be a critical opportunity for community life. To take advantage of this opportunity, I have tried to provide for variety and flexibility in public spaces, because these contribute directly to the viability and longevity of any community. I have tried to think of ways that architecture can actually give people something to do, activities that can be shared, perhaps even by cross-sections of society that do not typically have much to do with one another, because such successful collaboration is essential for the vitality of any community. And I have tried to strike a realistic balance between the day-to-day demands of contemporary lifestyles and the long term goals for a globally sustainable environment, because communities can best be expected to thrive when the needs of both the present and future generations are met.
by Henry Chang.
M.Arch.
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Wagner, Melissa, and Antonela Curteza. "Design evaluation of sustainable fashion." Thesis, Київський національний університет технологій та дизайну, 2018. https://er.knutd.edu.ua/handle/123456789/10401.
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Sustainable products can be found in existing and new fashion companies, using different design strategies based on trends such as circularity and fair trade. However, there is a gap in research between the product appearance of a sustainable fashion design and consumer perception referring to both consumer needs of ethical and fashionable. This study focuses on the needs and the perception of ethical fashion leaders for the design of sustainable garments. The paper suggests the usage of semantic differentiation for Kansei word pairs to evaluate the design. As a result, an application for linen fabric is discussed.
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Arrington, Kyle. "Sustainable Polymers Through Creative Design." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/96220.
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Plastics have changed the world of materials due to their high durability, low price, low density, and ease of processing. Unfortunately, the majority of plastic goods produced are discarded instead of recycled, leading to a massive accumulation of plastic waste in landfills and natural habitats. To decrease the impact of plastic waste, sustainable materials and synthetic methods are needed. This dissertation focuses on new strategies for developing renewable and degradable polymers with minimal energy input as well as new methods to blend legacy polyolefins with renewable polymers. The first half of the dissertation focuses on synthesizing polymers using light while the second section focuses on combining traditional polyolefins with renewable polymers.
Photo-mediated polymerizations are an attractive alternative to traditional thermal polymerizations due to their ease of setup and the spatiotemporal control afforded by light. Using LED lights also affords a synthetic technique that requires little energy input, thus decreasing the overall environmental impact of the material. In this work, coupling LEDs with a trithiocarbonate allowed for the synthesis of many different polymers and topologies. Bottlebrush polymers synthesized with light afforded molar masses in excess of 11 million Da without the oligomerization of the bottlebrush polymers. These bottlebrush polymers were then used to make reversibly crosslinkable adhesives, allowing for a new example of recyclable adhesives.
The second half of the dissertation focuses on developing sustainable polymers using ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) to combine the properties of polyolefins with renewable polymers. First, polyketones synthesized by ROMP were developed for their potential use as photodegradable polymers. This initial study probed the synthesis of different polyketone monomers and the properties of their respective polymers. Next, a photodegradable and biodegradable thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) was synthesized that incorporated a ketone containing polybutadiene (PB) flanked by polylactide (PLA). The thermomechanical properties were controlled based on the relative length of each block while the rate of photodegradation was controlled by the mol% of ketone incorporated into the PB block. Finally, ABA triblock copolymers of cellulose derivatives and polyolefins were developed for their uses as compatibilizers for blends. With the addition of as little as 1 wt% of the ABA triblock copolymer, the respective blends showed large impPHD
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Шишова, Юлія Григорівна, Юлия Григорьевна Шишова, and Yuliia Hryhorivna Shyshova. "Economic aspects of sustainable design in conception of sustainable development." Thesis, Видавництво СумДУ, 2007. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/7981.
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After the world energetic crisis of 1973-1974 in the world building and architectural practice a great attention has spared to the problem of fuel and energy resources saving, expended on heat providing of buildings. It was an answer for criticizing of specialists of the International energetic conference (MIREC) of UNO that modern buildings possess enormous reserves of increasing thermal efficiency, but researchers haven’t studied enough the features of forming their thermal conditions and designers don’t use achievements of fundamental disciplines, possibilities of untraditional energy. These events became preconditions for development of sustainable concept.
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Sterner, Carl S. "A Sustainable Pattern Language: A Comprehensive Approach to Sustainable Design." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1212172753.
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Ajami, Gale Rashidi Sam André. "Designing for sustainable grocery shopping : A conceptual design to encourage sustainable shopping." Thesis, KTH, Medieteknik och interaktionsdesign, MID, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-204618.
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Climate change is one of the biggest issues that the world faces today, and one of the biggest contributors to climate change are groceries. This paper aims at using digital artefacts to create a product or design that will encourage the user to shop more environmentally friendly. To achieve this, I have tried to identify the major hindrances today that grocery shoppers are faced with through the user centered method Contextual Inquiry. I have then presented the results from the inquiry to students at KTH Royal Institute of Technology during workshops. During these workshops, the students have conceptualized ideas and designs for different solutions. Based on their results, I have created a prototype design that I call the SmartCart. This cart consists of a regular shopping cart with a screen similar to an iPad attached to the handlebars. This screen then delivers easily apprehensible information about different grocery products environmental impact in real time. The design has not been tested in a live environment, but initial testing indicates that a live application could give satisfying results in lowering the sales of grocery products with a high environmental impact, while the design also could simultaneously improve the shopping experience for the customers in the grocery store.
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Schultz, Elizabeth A. "Design EcoDistricts: Integrating Sustainable Design in Urban Environments." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1337715788.
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GAIARDO, ANDREA. "Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Design. A methodology proposal for sustainable innovation initiatives." Doctoral thesis, Politecnico di Torino, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11583/2644837.
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Una ricerca euristica sul design dell’innovazione.
Innovazione, Imprenditorialità e Design, tre termini che portano con sé un peso accademico,
politico, sociale ed economico che di sicuro nessun testo sarà mai in grado di
sintetizzare in modo oggettivo. Questo perché, la relazione tra questi mondi è complessa,
mutevole e complicata da sintetizzare.
Per questo motivo lo scopo di questa ricerca non è stato quello di sintetizzare una raccolta
di nozioni teoriche sulla relazione di questi mondi ma, invece, nasce come una proposizione
pratica che cerca di unirli dopo un’elaborazione critica e un’esperienza di sperimentazione
effettuata sul campo.
Una proposizione che si focalizza sull’attitudine e le possibilità di acquisire una capacità
innovativa in grado di rispondere alle necessità e ai radicali cambiamenti in atto nella
società odierna con risultati di valore, di significato e sostenibili.
Vi sono molti modi di fare ricerca, dai modi più classici con la propensione alla rielaborazione
e alla critica della letteratura e delle teorie passate, a quelli più sperimentali, a
cui questa ricerca si ispira, che pur non dimenticando la fase di analisi teorica per avere
le chiavi per comprendere il presente, prova a spingersi in modo euristico sul campo di
ricerca seguendo il suggerimento proposto da Umberto Eco:
“Bisogna SCOPRIRE qualcosa di inedito (anche una riorganizzazione) qualcosa insomma che
nel ramo scientifico di ricerca porti ad uno step successivo dell’argomento proposto.”
Con la poroposta metodologica del Sustainable Innovation Design, questa ricerca si propone
di compiere questo ambizioso tentativo.
Il lavoro originale di ricerca sintetizzato in questa tesi propone un proprio modello di innovazione
sostenibile, prendendo in prestito la visione e il mindset della cultura Imprenditoriale
e l’esperienza progettuale nel campo del Design.
Il risultato è la definizione di una “cassetta degli attrezzi”, che noi amiamo chiamare metodologia,
con cui si propone una guida per gli innovatori o aspiranti tali, per perseguire
risultati di valore all’interno delle iniziative innovative intraprese siano esse di stampo
imprenditoriale o all’interno di organizzazioni già costituite. Un valore che noi definiamo
come l’equilibrio tra aspetti economici, sociali e ambientali, o semplicemente sostenibilità,
e che abbia una visione a lungo termine mettendo in relazione i bisogni di oggi con
quelli delle generazioni avvenire.
Un modello che ha portato alla definizione e alla riorganizzazione di strumenti già noti
all’interno dei singoli temi ma che assumono un livello di novità nel processo di progettazione
della metodologia proposta del Sustainable Innovation Design.
Data la premessa la tesi è suddivisa in quattro capitoli principali.
Il primo capitolo si focalizza sull’introduzione dei tre settori in oggetto con una rielaborazione
sintetica delle definizioni e degli studi compiuti sulla teoria dell’innovazione,
dell’imprenditorialità, del design e delle relazioni che intercorrono tra essi. All’interno
dello stesso si analizzano anche le similitudini tra gli attori dell’innovazione, i designer e
le figure imprenditoriali, i trend e le necessità in ambito innovativo a livello top-down (impresa)
e bottom-up (startup).
Il secondo capitolo affronta la parte di analisi delle diverse metodologie e dei diversi processi
utilizzati nel campo dell’innovazione attraverso una mappatura delle metodologie in
uso nel campo innovativo proponendo un’analisi con diverse chiavi di lettura. Il risultato
accompagnato dalla descrizione delle principali e più importanti esperienza vissute sul
campo in ambito innovativo e imprenditoriale rappresentano il substrato della formulazione
della metodologia presentata nel capitolo successivo.
Il terzo capitolo della tesi descrive, infatti, la proposta metodologica dell’Innovation Sustainable
Design comprensiva di una definizione della visione a cui deve tendere l’iniziativa
innovativa che con la metodologia si mira raggiungere, la descrizione dell’approccio al
progetto e dell’ecosistema in cui esso si inserisce fino alla formulazione del processo, step
by step, di un progetto di innovazione dalla sua ideazione al suo risultato finale.
Il quarto capitolo descrive gli strumenti in cui la metodologia viene promossa e sperimentata
con la presentazione dell’Innovation Design Lab, il laboratorio sperimentale nato per
essere il contenitore e l’acceleratore del Sustainable Innovation Design e delle prerogative e
della descrizione di un percorso formativo che ha l’obiettivo di trasmettere i sui concetti
e i suoi strumenti.
Infine nelle conclusioni vengono presentati i primi risultati della metodologia e i passi futuri
a cui tende questo lavoro di ricerca.
Questa tesi rappresenta un lavoro metodico che ha avuto e ha come scopo finale quello
ordinare e mettere in pratica concetti e pratiche del design sostenibile in un campo vasto
e variegato come quello dell’innovazione.
Il risultato è un “oggetto” di ricerca che vuole essere da stimolo per la promozione della
cultura innovativa sostenibile, nonché un punto di partenza per una maggiore sperimentazione
nell’interazione tra il mondo del design, dell’innovazione, dell’imprenditoria
nell’ambito della ricerca.
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Clarke, John Lester. "Sustainable buildings : sustainable behaviour? : to what extent do sustainable buildings encourage sustainable behaviour through their design, construction, operation and use?" Thesis, Kingston University, 2013. http://eprints.kingston.ac.uk/27728/.
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The environmental impact of human behaviour on the design, construction and operation of buildings is often overlooked, frequently resulting in sub optimal performance over the lifecycle of the building (credibility gap and value-action gap). An over-reliance on technological and market solutions (false positivity) throughout the design, construction and operation of sustainable buildings means changing user behaviour is not currently envisaged by all but the most sustainability-minded built environment professionals. This study aims to develop an understanding of the dynamic and complex systems by which responsible environmental, social and economic action (sustainable behaviour) emerges from the relationship between people and the built environment. The primary research question asks to what extent sustainable buildings encourage sustainable behaviour, with broader research objectives covering the need for sustainable buildings and their social, environmental and economic benefits; a clear definition of sustainable behaviour and sustainable buildings; identifying opportunities for behavioural change from current best practice and how behavioural change theory can be applied to the built environment to encourage and optimise sustainable behaviour. Literature review reveals existing theory and practice in the fields of sustainability, architecture, behavioural psychology and pedagogy applied generally to the design, construction and operation of sustainable buildings. Five exemplar sustainable buildings with pedagogical functions are also investigated. The primary empirical research methodology uses grounded theory, ethnography and phenomenology through interview and survey data analysis, highlighting common best practices and innovative approaches, as well as revealing barriers to achieving sustainable built environments that encourage sustainable behaviour. The research reveals that there are numerous opportunities for behavioural interventions at critical stages throughout the lifecycle of buildings where ‘value-action’ gaps between our intentions to be more sustainable and our often sub-optimal actions or behaviours are identified. Strategies includes education, information provision, training, experiential learning, feedback, participation and regulation. The research contributes original knowledge by relating the way building mechanisms for change can be understood through the lens of behavioural psychology and the synthesis of the three disciplines of sustainability, architecture and pedagogy.
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Hu, Yiqiu. "Souvenir = Authentic+sustainable : a guide for designers." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för design (DE), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-86848.
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The designer explores how to improve souvenir design in the real market by questioning the issues of authenticity and the need of sustainable strategies. It takes the city of Växjö as a start point for a touristic place and analyses different categories. Through observations and interviews, the issues are confirmed and a design brief is made. Based on theories of product semantics and emotional design, the result from the investigation summarised to suggest guide for souvenir design. The guide is illustrated in a series of videos meant to anyone working in the souvenir industry.
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Marques, Santa Klavina. "Sustainable id." Doctoral thesis, Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Arquitetura, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/17631.
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Tese de Doutoramento em Design, com a especialização em Design apresentada na Faculdade de Arquitetura da Universidade de Lisboa para obtenção do grau de Doutora.Apesar de mais de metade de um século de avanços na área do Desenvolvimento Sustentável, o Homem procura não apenas um equilíbrio socioeconómico e ambiental, mas também reintroduz novas visões globais com vista a promover o conceito de Flourishing. Deste modo, surge um novo paradigma do design que, per se, deveria promover resultados além da mera sustentabilidade ou habilidade para sobreviver. O Design de Interiores como uma disciplina multifacetada, com pesquisas emergentes promove a associação da importância subjetiva de bem-estar, com vista a atingir objetivos globais sustentáveis, desafiando a criação de habitats humanos a que correspondem novas percepções de bem-estar. O objetivo deste estudo foi explorar e entender melhor as características do paradigma emergente de qualidade de design de interiores e a sua relação com as variáveis Homem-Ambiente e Sustentabilidade aplicado às hostels em Lisboa, o que possibilitou desenvolver um modelo de avaliação deste sistema e finalmente explorar como estas relações estão associadas. A primeira fase consistiu sobretudo na exploração qualitativa destas características e a identificação de metodologias existentes que avaliam estes conceitos, deste modo foi realizada a recolha de dados e revisão de literatura, bem como a observação indireta através da análise de dados disponíveis sobre hostels de Lisboa. Os resultados desta fase foram utilizados numa segunda fase de pesquisa, com vista a construir um modelo conceptual desse sistema, identificando e explorando as principais características positivas de design de interiores que influenciam a relação Homem-Ambiente e construindo instrumentos de avaliação. Na terceira fase de investigação estes instrumentos de avaliação permitiram validar o modelo conceptual e observar se/como estas características relacionam a qualidade do design interior à qualidade do ambiente interior percepcionado, bem-estar experienciado, comportamentos pró-ambientais nas hostels de Lisboa e sustentabilidade subsequente destas entidades. Os resultados contribuem para o design de interiores e para o desenvolvimento de metodologias de avaliação da sustentabilidade, inserido no paradigma exposto, bem como para a indústria do turismo através de uma melhor compreensão da relação entre a qualidade ambiental interna percebida e o vínculo emocional com a hostel e a avaliação do alojamento.
ABSTRACT: Despite more than half of century advances in sustainable development, the World not only still strives for economical, social, and environmental system balance but calls for reinventing existing worldviews in order to promote flourishing. Thus arising the paradigm in design, hence it, per se, should be attempting outcomes beyond mere sustainability or ability to survive. Interior Design as a multifaceted discipline with emerging research issues encourages embracing the importance of subjective well-being to reach the overall sustainable well-being goals, thus challenged for creating human habitats that corresponds new perceptions of well-being. The intent of this study was to explore and better understand the characteristics of emerging paradigm of interior design quality, and its relationship to people-environment variables, and sustainability in hostels, which would allow building a model of evaluation this system, and finally explore how these relationships are related in hostels of Lisbon. The first phase, was mostly qualitative exploration of these characteristics and existing methodologies that evaluate these concepts, we did it by collecting data through literature review, and indirect observation through content analysis of available data on hostels of Lisbon. Findings from this phase were used in second research phase to construct conceptual model of this system identifying and exploring the main positive interior design characteristics that influence people-environment relationship, and build instruments of evaluation In third research phase these instruments were used to validate conceptual model through observation and content analysis if/how these characteristics relate interior design quality to perceived indoor environment quality, experienced well-being, pro-environmental behaviours at Lisbon hostels and sub sequential sustainability of these entities. The findings contribute to interior design and sustainability evaluation methodologies within declared paradigm, and to tourism industry through better understanding of relationship between perceived indoor environmental quality and guest emotional bond with hostel and follow-up evaluation of establishment.
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Rota, Luca, Yanjun Zhou, and Svenja Paege. "Sustainable Product-Service System Design from a strategic sustainable development perspective." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för strategisk hållbar utveckling, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-18515.
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Although they lead to several potential sustainability benefits, product-service systems are not intrinsically sustainable. Therefore, this thesis investigates the factors designers should consider in order to ensure sustainable results. A systematic literature review on product-service system and sustainability is combined with three interviews with product-service system providers. The results are analysed through the application of the Framework for Strategic Sustainable Development. The results of the systematic literature review show that there is no unified definition of sustainable product-service system and multiple approaches to address sustainability in product-service system design. By adopting the Framework for Strategic Sustainable Development, a definition of sustainable product-service system and a list of design criteria are developed. This thesis suggests which overarching aspects product-service system designers should consider to integrate a strategic sustainability perspective. The outcome of this thesis supports designers in understanding what a sustainable product-service system could be and what elements it should embed. By combining the definition and the list of criteria, designers can apply a systematic and strategic approach to integrate sustainability in product-service system offerings.
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Guyton, Allison Amis. "Developing Sustainable Product Semantics for Consumer Products: A Sustainable Designer's Guide." Thesis, Available online, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2006, 2006. http://etd.gatech.edu/theses/available/etd-07092006-135211/.
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Romli, Awanis. "Integrated eco-design decision making for sustainable product design." Thesis, Cardiff University, 2015. http://orca.cf.ac.uk/80051/.
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A major challenge for any manufacturer is including aspects of sustainable development in product design that are related to the social, environmental and economic impacts. Several methods and tools have been developed to facilitate sustainable product design, but they lack critical application of the ecological design (eco-design) process and economic costing, particularly during the conceptual design phase. This research overcomes these deficiencies by integrating eco-design approaches across all phases of product life cycle. These approaches were applied and tested in two case studies, which demonstrate that the tools developed can be used to reduce a product’s environmental and economic impacts while fulfilling customer needs. The integrated eco-design decision making (IEDM) methodology is proposed and developed in this study as a method for improving product sustainability. This is the principle contribution of this thesis to the field of sustainable product design. The IEDM applies environmental considerations across three stages of product development. The first stage is the life cycle assessment (LCA), which is used to identify critical areas in which the product’s environmental performance can be improved. The results of the LCA are then analysed in the second stage using an eco-design process (Eco-Process) model. This model identifies environmental concerns relating to the manufacturing process, product use, and end-of-life (EOL) strategy. These concerns are then addressed within the third stage, which uses an ecological house of quality (Eco-HoQ) embedded in an ecological quality function deployment (Eco-QFD) process. The ecodesign case-based reasoning (Eco-CBR) tool was also developed in this study to improve product design knowledge sharing. The development of the Eco-HOQ, which is integrated into the Eco-QFD process and part of the broader IEDM, is the second major contribution of this work. The Ecov HOQ is an extra “house” that can capture and manage sustainability considerations in a single place. This increases the relevance of the information used and produced in product design and encourages actions for improving sustainability at each phase of the Eco-QFD process. The Eco-QFD ensures that customer needs are incorporated within the context of sustainability. The eco-design case-based reasoning (Eco-CBR) tool was developed on the premise that if experiences from the Eco-QFD process can be captured in some useful form, designers can refer to and learn from past experiences. The Eco-CBR is an intuitive decision support tool that complements the IEDM framework and proposes solutions related to the social, environmental, and economic impacts of the product. The application of the entire IEDM framework, including the Eco-HoQ, Eco-QFD, and complementary Eco-CBR, is demonstrated in the case studies of single-use medical forceps and an office chair base. The case studies demonstrate the effectiveness of these tools when assessing a product’s sustainability, even when its design is altered. In addition, this methodology provides a complete view of the environmental performance and economic cost of these products over their entire life cycles in conjunction with an assessment of customer requirements. In summary, this thesis contributes significantly to the field of sustainable product design by proposing the integration of eco-design approaches at every stage of product development, including the critical conceptual phase. The approaches developed in this study will enable designers to improve product design, increase productivity, and reduce material usage and costs while meeting customer specifications.
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BARRY, Raphael. "Sustainable Building Design with Autodesk Ecotect." Thesis, KTH, Energiteknik, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-37351.
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Marsh, Rob. "Sustainable housing design : an integrated approach." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.266283.
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Plant, Alexander Victor Charles. "Standards in sustainable engineering and design." Thesis, Brunel University, 2012. http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/6559.
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The financial and environmental costs associated with the manufacture and consumption of products may be reduced through design for efficient production, service life extension and post-consumer value recovery. In response to today’s need to design with consideration for the whole product life cycle, British Standards Institution (BSI) published BS 8887-1 (2006) Design for Manufacture, Assembly, Disassembly and End-of-life processing (MADE). Original research into the distribution and use of this first part of the MADE series is reported in this thesis. The organizations that accessed BS 8887-1 were categorised using their Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code. The results are presented graphically in multilevel charts using the hierarchical structure of the SIC system. The study found that the majority of standards users that purchased or downloaded BS 8887-1 were companies in the manufacturing sector and particularly electronics producers. Educational institutions also showed high levels of interest in the standard. For the first time, the use of BS 8887-1 in practice has been investigated. The purpose was to discover if, why and how it is being used and to identify examples of its application in design practice. This was accomplished through semi-structured interviews with design practitioners from both industry and academia, thus helping to explain the results of the earlier SIC study. The information gathered through the interviews shows how BS 8887-1 has informed the design process and how it has been used in combination with various design and management techniques e.g. Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP). These studies suggest that demand for the standard has been stimulated by the introduction of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) legislation, especially the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) directive. Importantly, the use of BS 8887-1 has been found to be helpful in winning new business and reducing the costs associated with manufacture, product maintenance and waste management. Based on the result of the qualitative research, a new model of the use of standards in the New Product Development (NPD) process is presented. The research was proposed by the Chairman of the BSI technical committee responsible for the BS 8887 series. The beneficiaries are BSI, industry and academia, since the investigation has shown BS 8887-1 to be of value, and has informed the continuing development of this series of standards. The thesis concludes by arguing for BS 8887 to become the basis of an International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standard in order to reach a wider audience. It also identifies a need for the standard’s design requirements to be supported with additional supplementary interpretation expanding on, and adding detail to, the information in the standard itself. Influenced by this research, at the time of writing a new BSI working group was being formed to consider developing BS 8887 as an ISO standard. BSI had also begun the process of commissioning a handbook to assist designers in the practical application of BS 8887 in industrial design.
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Plummer, Kristin. "Sustainable Healing: Rethinking Cancer Center Design." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1522341437826741.
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Turk, Suheyla. "Sustainable Neighbourhood Design in Jakobsgårdarna, Borlänge." Thesis, Högskolan Dalarna, Energiteknik, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:du-30025.
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Energy efficient houses benefit communities not only to provide renewable energy shares and generating surplus electricity supporting local economic development. Also, residents in energy efficient houses have less energy usage that reduces household budget expenses. However, one of the obstacles of energy efficient technology installment of residential buildings is high investment cost, which can be solved with the usage of modular housing. In Europe, housing costs have a large share, especially for Sweden, housing expenses is a burden mostly for people who are at the risk of poverty. Also, high investment costs of energy efficient housing are combined with high construction prices leading a large share of budgets and effort to make houses affordable for low income groups. This study develops a scenario to find solutions for affordable housing problem in Sweden with a design proposal. The aim of this study is to investigate if there are ways of achieving socio-economic mix by the production of energy efficient affordable housing and urban gardening to develop a strategy for resource efficiency in Jakobsgårdarna. To achieve the aim, energy efficient affordable housing designed as modular units to achieve a local economic development. This study uses a design-based research method consisting of learning from background cases to transfer lesson learned in design phase of the sustainable neighborhood consisting of energy efficient technologies. Background cases were analyzed with literature review to define sustainable neighborhood, which was then used to develop a hypothesis. Findings of this thesis generates definition of sustainability tools consisting of a collaborative ownership; designing common kitchens; producing electricity and biogas from renewable energy sources; practicing urban agriculture; managing waste and storm and methods to cross subsidize energy efficient affordable housing production. The outcome of this research provides a sustainable neighborhood design proposal for Jacobsgårdarna, Borlänge.
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Sciotto, Carlotta <1995>. "Design Thinking for Sustainable Competitive Advantage." Master's Degree Thesis, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10579/16566.
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Design thinking has gained a lot of importance and visibility in the last decades. Its increasing importance is due to the variety of applications that it has and the variety of fields in which it can be applied. Design thinking is an approach for creative problem-solving and for the opening up of paths that had been previously unexplored. It is defined as a ‘systematic and collaborative approach for identifying and creatively solving problems’. (Luchs, 2015) Throughout the thesis, I will describe the foundations and origins of design thinking in the first place. I will continue describing it as a factor to create innovation and I will dig deep in explaining how it can lead to competitive advantage. I will further discuss how it is employed within companies and how it can be employed to design original and new, tangible and intangible solutions. The focus will be on competitive advantage achieved through design thinking and its sustainability over time, and in relation to other companies.
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Ledford, Veronica J. "GreenLife: A Sustainable Retail Space." VCU Scholars Compass, 2008. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/1124.
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GreenLife is the name of the retail interior design project that embodies this thesis. Using interior design as a medium to influence customers,I sought to create an environment that promotes a connection to nature and an awareness of creative possiblities within the context of a store. It addresses the problem of personal social responsiblity by using shopping, a dominant activity in the western world, as a tool for change. As a project, GreenLife attempts to answer three questions: How does design inform cultural experience? How can a connection with nature inform consumerism? Can a store transcend its purpose from filling materialistic needs to become a place of fulfilment? I theorize that if offered a desireable alternative to products that create excess waste and harm our surroundings, an individual will choose the green option, because it will satisfy both a materialistic want and an emotional desire to feel good by personally contributing to help our environment. If these options are presented with a sense of beauty, fun and exploration, it can change how we culturally perceive social responsibility, removing guilt and making it a matter of course. GreenLife is a store designed as a model home with all products set up in a testable format. The interactive nature of the design is intended to provide education and a sense of security within a pleasureable experience, allowing people to confidently choose to live green in their own homes, and to thoughtfully consider the possiblities in other aspects of their lives.
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Monfort-Nelson, Erin M. "Developing environmentally sustainable apparel through participatory design." Thesis, Kansas State University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/16992.
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Master of ScienceDepartment of Apparel, Textiles & Interior Design
Sherry J. Haar and Kim Y. Hiller Connell
Many sustainable garments do not engage wide consumer interest, nor encourage eco-conscious purchasing. Meanwhile, mass consumption of unsustainable apparel contributes to environmental degradation (Black, 2008). However, Niinimäki (2010) suggests that engaging consumers in the design and development of environmentally sustainable products could improve the balance between environmental design decisions and functional, aesthetic, and emotional qualities (Lamb & Kallal, 1992). The purpose of this practice-based research was to (a) identify apparel and environmental attitudes and consumption behaviors of potential sustainable apparel consumers, (b) generate sustainable apparel design concept and product through use of participatory design methods, and (c) evaluate the sustainable concept, product, and participatory method. The sample was 10 female university students. Consumer data was collected through an online (i.e., Facebook) ethnographic journal and a focus group. Qualitative analysis generated the target market’s ideal apparel characteristics and ideal environmental apparel characteristics as apparel offering versatility and variety within their existing wardrobes; elements expressive of their personalities; simple and inexpensive maintenance; organic or recycled materials; and less textile waste at disposal. Additionally, it was determined that participants had low knowledge of the apparel and textile industry and its environmental impacts. Generation of sustainable apparel design ideas occurred through a second focus group session. Analysis of the focus group data, combined with the researcher’s tacit sustainable design knowledge, formed a design concept. The sustainable apparel design concept was comprised of three characteristics reflective of the target market’s ideals and design suggestions: be versatile through various temperatures; social settings, and environments; be convertible through temporary adjustment of functional and aesthetic elements; and be transitional allowing the garment to be layered for greater thermal insulation without detracting from the appearance. The sustainable apparel concept was an application of the pre-existing Design for User Interaction sustainable design strategy. The sustainable apparel design concept was then applied to the development of an outerwear garment and presented to the participants and mentors as a digital sketch. The design addressed the sustainable design concept through interchangeable envelope-style shell layers, an insertable thermal core layer, a buttoned closure at the hemline and interconnecting button points for added alignment between layers. In this garment, the researcher applied participants’ suggestions of style, materials, and inclusion of a core layer. Following sketch refinement, two prototypes were constructed. The first prototype consisted of a thermal core layer and outer coat layer. Due to challenges with the core layer fabric, the second prototype modified the core layer material and style. Additionally, in the second prototype, the shell was made sleeveless and both a bolero style jacket and lining were added. Dual button fasteners connected the layers. During the third focus group session, participants evaluated the design concept, second garment prototype, and the participatory design methods. Participants noted that the design concept provided increased ease of garment care (which could potentially increase the frequency of laundering); ease of garment storage; and increased versatility through varying temperatures. Participants’ suggestions for prototype refinement included the addition of a kick-pleat and reduction of button alignment points. Prototype development did not reach completion during this study. Further refinement of the garment’s pattern and fit, implementation of additional aesthetic/functional elements, and development of an intuitive transformation are necessary. Participant evaluation of participatory methods and study participation were the use of Facebook as an online ethnographic journal made daily participation easy and allowed the researcher to become familiar with their personalities, increasing their comfort at later stages of the research. Participants felt their suggestions were evident in the garment prototype and were as involved as their experience and knowledge allowed. The only participant suggestion regarding the participatory design experience was the addition of updates informing participants of the design progress between focus group sessions. Though the concept and resulting garment were not exceedingly original, participants were pleased with the fruition of their ideas. This finding indicates a willingness to participate in the design process, supportive of participatory design.
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Xia, Xinyu. "Greenery @ Home : Design for sustainable house planting solutions." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för design (DE), 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-54338.
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This report aims to discusse how to create more sustainable indoor greenery that can make benefit for people’s health and well-being. The accounts for sustainability in this project has three layers, which are design for people’s sustainable life (people’s health and well-being), design for sustainable indoor greenery and principles of sustainable design. The question I come up with in this project is “what is the sustainable relationship between people and indoor greenery”. The assumption I hope to challenge with my project is how to create a sustainable solution for house planting to bring back the nature into the daily experiences of city inhabitants by product design. As a result, people could have more sustainable and healthier life at home through living with nature in the urban settings. The content of this report demonstrates the whole steps (background and motivation, contexts, research, ideal generation, sketch and prototype, model making and visualization of results) towards the design results supported by theoretical studies. The relevant studies I mention in this project are biophilic design, permaculture and NASA clean air study, which are related to sustainable indoor greenery and sustainable house planting relatively. The results obtained in this project include one product design - a planter that offers a sustainable way of cultivating health plants at home through reusing water and designing micro forest garden, and one product-based App design proposal - creating a house-planting community, in which people can communicate and support each other with sustainable house-planting tips and knowledge.
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Burgess, Jonathan Neil. "Sustainable automotive design : a holistic strategy for sustainable product and materials development." Thesis, Aston University, 2016. http://publications.aston.ac.uk/33111/.
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The manufacture of cars has a significant impact on the environment. Car manufacturing companies are focused on how to make cars more efficient, they are introducing composites into their manufacturing processes. This thesis discusses the literature surrounding sustainable design, sustainability in car design, the current state of car manufacture and the composite materials that could be used to create a sustainable vehicle. This study uses a novel Materials/Design/Manufacture approach - using a holistic strategy to develop the material, design and manufacture of a sustainable product. This project leads to the conclusion that natural fibre reinforced composites could be used to create a car which is fully sustainable. However, the material needs to be designed with the application in mind, will need to be applied in a new manner, and manufacturing processes need developing for this to become a viable prospect. The programme of how this will be achieved is set out as series of experiments, prototypes and materials tests. Finally, a process has been developed resulting in a novel material and manufacturing process for a front wishbone component on a sustainably designed urban passenger car, this represents a step forward in the use of natural fibres in composites.
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Hald, Saga. "Sustainable Material Selection:Guiding the Multi-Criteria Process to Design for Sustainable Innovation." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för maskinteknik, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-18869.
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In the past decades, the world has noticed complex changes in its climate. The resources available now as well as in the future could be said to be analogous to the decreasing circumference of a funnel. The wealthy population with the means to elect what goods they wish to consume are becoming aware of their impact both on nature as well as on the less fortunate people of the planet. As a consequence environmental and human-centered factors are of higher priority than ever before in the decisions made by companies, which in turn will decide the future. This thesis aims to investigate what set of criteria can be seen as most relevant for sustainable material selection at a manufacturing company. To be relevant for the future these design criteria are decided with a base in modern research from the past decade in the field of material selection. The company chosen as a case to study and collaborate with was IKEA Components AB. The research was conducted on-site at the company’s facilities in Älmhult, Småland, as well as at the Blekinge Institute of Technology in Karlskrona, Blekinge. The company vision for the future which IKEA is striving towards is focused on lowering carbon dioxide equivalents, from which a lion share of the emissions is a result of the material they are selecting for their products. Experts within various fields of the chosen company were consulted to gain perspective and knowledge while designing and testing prototypes of a tool to facilitate a sustainable material selection. The metal alloys were analyzed for toxicity based on the percentages of all elements they contained and scored based on chosen sustainability criteria. The plastics were judged on recyclability, renewability, and degradability apart from available numbers for emission factors. After this, the materials were placed in the excel tool which was then tested by engineers and evaluated in semi-structured interviews. Updates were made to make the tool as user-friendly as was possible and new tests were conducted. Overall, the tool was appreciated by the users who tested it and more improvements were planned to finalize the prototype. Results are detailed in the latter part of the report, discussing designs the engineers preferred over others, the current scale of sustainability tools used in the company and how the testers scored the tool. In the discussion, criteria are evaluated based on their multi-criteria compliance with sustainability factors. Drawing conclusions about the subject of sustainability criteria was accomplished by conducting literature studies in material criticality, making use of the methods for sustainable product development taught in the master of science, investigating material toxicity, testing solutions for sustainable material selection at a typical furniture component manufacturing company, receiving feedback from constructors and exploring connections for the selected methods to the principles of sustainability.
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Zhang, Zihan. "Sustainable Water Saving Intervention : A digital user experience solution of more sustainable choice in daily water-use with behavioral change." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för design (DE), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-96646.
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In recent years, sustainable thinking has been gradually recognized and accepted by more and more users, enterprises, and stakeholders. However, in daily life, there is often a gap between the value of users’ pursuit of sustainable lifestyles and their behavior habits. Also, the connection between different stakeholders is often ignored. The project started by the observation of unsustainable water usage habits of some tenants in the Växjö local housing company Växjöbostäder, and investigated the gaps in the water supply/toll system of Växjö municipality for some apartment tenants and the limitations of current solutions. Therefore, it is necessary to find a more effective solution. The author attempts to guide and change the user’s behavior through design interventions led by digital user experience design, connect the gap between the user and the system, and provide a more sustainable choice. At the same time, as a precedent, this project’s attempt to apply sustainable behavioral interventions to the field of digital user experience products at the system level can also provide some reference for similar projects or designs that may appear in the future. The aim of this project is trying to find solutions to bridge the existing gap between the water management system and the apartment users’ water consumption behavior. The project studies the relevant theories of behavior, analyzes the causes of motivations that lead to behavioral and habits changing, the methods of digital user experience design, and the theory of building sustainable systems. Action research has been used as a methodological guide to design processes, analysis, and reflection. The final design outcome “Drops” is an application based on mobile platforms that develop sustainable water-using habits. The application associates gamification motivation mechanisms, behavioral habit interventions, community social sharing, and the process of using the application with the user’s actual behavior, promotes the formation of user sustainable behavior and inspires users to a sustainable society thinking. From a hierarchical analysis of the system, “Drops” connects different stakeholders in the municipal water supply system, facilitating communications between tenants and communities to achieve positive interactions that promote sustainable behavior. At the end of this article, the author analyzed the project outcome from the perspective of Växjöbostäder, one of the stakeholders and a possible product distributor, elaborated on the possible advantages of the design for the company’s ecological sustainability and the possibility of the company deploying this application in the market. Also, the author also analyzed and evaluated this project from the perspective of the product itself and different stakeholders, and explained the current limitations and the possibility of future development.
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De, Geer Daniel. "Sustainable Development of Neurofeedback Device." Thesis, KTH, Maskinkonstruktion (Inst.), 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-288901.
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Mendi (Mendi, 2020) is a company founded to provide accessibility of brain enhancement training to the ordinary citizen, they reside in Stockholm, Sweden. The Mendi brain training headset has been developed to aid users using neurofeedback. This technology allows for display of brain activity in real-time, and the implementation of the Mendi headset is meant to teach the user how to better regulate their brain activity. With the possibility to start sustainable design in conjunction with the market release of the product, this project was initiated to serve the future progress of sustainable development. The work conducted in this paper is based on development methods used to assess the current state of the product as well as the phases of the product life cycle in which sustainable solutions can be applied. The methods used are life cycle assessment, material research and analysis, design for disassembly, assessment of production and use, market research of similar products, and research literature on modern methodology in sustainable design. Quantitative assessment was created through comparative analysis using the program CES EduPack (Granta Design, 2019), where data of the current product is used as a reference throughout. This is combined with research findings of best practice in sustainable development of products; tools used in the development contained concept generation in the form of sketching, CAD, and 3D printing. The result is described quantitatively in the parts where data has been available, it is also presented through life cycle scenarios, giving examples from assumptions based on research of empirical studies and results from design methods used throughout. The result present scenarios of a redesigned product and how this differ from the existing prototype in the form of economic and, environmental sustainability. The final concept was created through guidelines of eco design, built around the previous work of the product for plausible implementation in upcoming development. The product uses snap-fits to enable disassembly, press-fit to avoid any mixing of materials, has reduced amount of materials and contains materials that lower the life cycle CO2 emission and energy use. Economic factors are similarly assessed, quantitative analysis of life cycle costs combined with assumption driven scenarios showing potential gains and losses that could occur from said changes. Combined, the results are meant to work as a guideline for any future endeavors made in the field of sustainable development by Mendi and their partners.Mendi (Mendi, 2020) är ett företag som grundades för att ge den vanliga medborgaren tillgång till hjärnförbättringsträning, de är bosatta i Stockholm, Sverige. Mendi-headsetet för hjärnträning har utvecklats för att hjälpa användare genom något som kallas neurofeedback. Denna teknik möjliggör visning av hjärnaktivitet i realtid, och implementeringen av Mendi-headsetet är tänkt att lära användaren att bättre reglera sin hjärnaktivitet. Med möjligheten att starta hållbar design i samband med marknadsutsättningen av produkten inleddes detta projekt för att tjäna framtida framsteg inom hållbar utveckling. Arbetet i denna artikel bygger på utvecklingsmetoder som används för att bedöma produktens nuvarande tillstånd samt faserna i produktlivscykeln där hållbara lösningar kan tillämpas. De metoder som används är livscykelbedömning, materialforskning och analys, design för demontering, bedömning av produktion och användning, marknadsundersökning av liknande produkter och forskningslitteratur om modern metodik i hållbar design. Kvantitativ bedömning skapades genom jämförande analys med programmet CES EduPack, där data för den aktuella produkten används som referens genomgående. Detta kombineras med forskningsresultat om bästa praxis för hållbar utveckling av produkter; verktyg som användes i utvecklingen innehöll konceptgenerering i form av skisser, CAD och 3D-utskrift. Resultatet beskrivs kvantitativt i de delar där data har kunnat erhållas, det presenteras också genom livscykelscenarier, vilket ger exempel från antaganden baserade på forskning om empiriska studier och resultat från designmetoder som använts genomgående. Resultatet presenterar scenarier för en nydesignad produkt och hur denna skiljer sig från den befintliga prototypen i form av ekonomisk och miljömässig hållbarhet. Det sista konceptet skapades genom riktlinjer för eko-design, byggd kring produktens tidigare arbete för sannolik implementering i kommande utveckling. Produkten använder snäppanpassningar för att möjliggöra demontering, presspassning för att undvika blandning av material, har minskat antal olika material och innehåller material som sänker livscykeln CO2-utsläpp och energianvändning. Ekonomiska faktorer bedöms på liknande sätt, kvantitativ analys av livscykelkostnader i kombination med antagandedrivna scenarier som visar potentiella vinster och förluster som kan uppstå från tidigare nämnda förändringar. Sammantaget är resultaten avsedda att fungera som en riktlinje för framtida utveckling som görs inom området hållbar utveckling av Mendi och deras partners.
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Maila, Reetta. "Sustainable Lighting - Designed Considering Emotional Aspects." Thesis, University of Kalmar, School of Communication and Design, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hik:diva-459.
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Global warming challenges designers to pay attention to environmental effects of manufacturing when designing new products. This examination project was a personal challenge to uphold ethical responsibility as a designer and consider emotional aspects of design while aiming to create a pleasurable lighting for the home environment.
The underpinning idea for the project was to promote the use of recycled materials and an environmentally friendly light source aiming to create a sustainable everyday commonplace product that it is possible to manufacture. High power LED-technology was chosen because of its energy efficiency, flexibility and a particularly long life-cycle. Recycled plastic and fibre cardboard were chosen to be applied as the shades of the lamps. Both these recycled materials can be broken down and recycled again after use.
Emotional design aspect was the leading theory in the design process. The intention was to consider different levels of emotional aspects when defining the main characteristics of the lamp to create pleasurable lighting: Among usability and aesthetics the concentration was on the semiotics of the product and its usage context. It was designed with the aim of evoking pleasurable feelings in users who desire to lead an active and urban life-style but who are simultaneously worried about global warming.
Both of the lighting designs are for a dining context. They are supposed to create a pleasurable atmosphere around a dining table while separating the party around the table from the rest of the space. Other lights can be dimmed or switched off when it is time to gather around the table to accentuate the illumination and feeling of togetherness.
Inspiration for the project came from sustainability, contemporary thoughts and trends embodied into maps. The products turned out to be silent statements of today’s global world; Antarctica refers to glacial retreat while Town symbolises the importance of people’s own origin in this globalised world.
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Adhikari, Rabindra. "The pursuit of sustainability : architecture and component based design." Virtual Press, 2007. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1370875.
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Architectural sustainability is ambiguous. The contemporary understanding of sustainability is often debated on the basis of environmental and humanitarian focus. This focus often brings ambiguity when the concept of sustainability is promoted as an end product and not as a perpetual process. For ecologically harmonious and sustainable human survival, sustainable methods and processes are believed to encourage reworking the course of human development.The Component-based design approach is a promising and appropriate method for achieving sustainability. The method involves systems thinking and illustrates characteristics like flexibility, resilience, adaptability and generative system. The focus of design should be in making relationships among these various components and processes, rather than emphasis on end product. This creative project illustrates these conceptual processes using computational logic to create a project for graphics and multimedia presentation.Department of Architecture
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Schepp, Ferrada Friedrich Florian. "The investment value of sustainable building design." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.546569.
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Tang, Stina. "Sustainable Packaging Design : A Business Case Study." Thesis, KTH, Industriell ekologi, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-157734.
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Packaging is a topic under debate and scrutiny in today’s society, due to its obvious environmental detriment – but also the business opportunities – tied to minimizing or even eliminating packaging. Therefore, two major Swedish companies have collaborated with KTH in order to investigate this field by using a pair of reading glasses as an example. The aim of this thesis is to evaluate the applicability of sustainable packaging design practices and theories in a business case study, and also the value generated in the case study. The results were a review of five sustainable packaging design practices and theories in relation to the case study, and the design of a new packaging called ‘Toblerone’. The conclusion was that all five practices and theories were applicable to the business case study in theory, but in practice, two of them were not economically viable. The link between economic performance and environmental performance had a massive impact on setting the ambition level of this type of sustainability research. However, the economic value generated at the end of the case study was a whopping 720% increase in shipping efficiency, while environmental and social values needed further investigations.Förpackningar är ett hett debatterat och granskat ämne i dagens samhälle, på grund av den tydliga miljöpåverkan – men även de affärsmässiga möjligheterna – som är kopplade till minskning, eller till och med eliminering, av förpackningar. Därför har två svenska företag nu samarbetat med KTH för att undersöka detta ämnesområde, genom att använda sig utav ett par läsglasögon som exempel. Syftet med detta examensarbete är att utvärdera tillämpbarheten av metoder och teorier för hållbar förpackningsdesign i en affärsfallstudie, samt värden som har genererats i fallstudien. Resultatet blev en genomgång av fem metoder och teorier för hållbar förpackningsdesign, samt att en ny förpackningsdesign som kallas ’Toblerone’ togs fram. Slutsatsen var att alla fem metoderna och teorierna var tillämpbara i affärsfallstudien i teorin, men två utav dessa var inte ekonomiskt försvarbara i praktiken. Kopplingen mellan ekonomiskt utfall och miljömässigt utfall hade en betydande påverkan på ambitionsnivån för denna typ av hållbarhetsforskning. Däremot var det ekonomiska värdet som till slut genererades i fallstudien en slående effektivisering på 720% av transporter, medan miljömässiga och sociala värden behöver fortsatt utredning.
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Bonanni, Leonardo Amerigo 1977. "Beyond transparency : collective engagement in sustainable design." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/61931.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Architecture and Planning, Program in Media Arts and Sciences, 2010.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 97-104).
For a timely answer to the question of sustainability, or how to provide for future generations, there needs to be shared accounting of our social and physical resources. Supply chain transparency makes it possible to map resource flows and ensure dependable production while avoiding social and environmental problems. Open channels of communications can support a collective effort to account for the impacts of supply chains and engage more people in the invention of long-term solutions, or sustainable design. This thesis proposes a crowd-sourced approach to resource accounting through the democratization of sustainable design. A web-based social network called Sourcemap was built to link diverse stakeholders through an open forum for supply chain transparency and environmental assessment. The scalable system points the way towards comprehensive sustainability accounting through the distributed verification of industrial practices. Sourcemap was developed over a two-year period in partnership with regional organizations, large businesses and SME's. Small business case studies show that an open social media platform can motivate sustainable practices at an enterprise level and on a regional scale. The public-facing supply chain publishing platform actively engages communities of producers, experts, consumers and oversight groups. Thousands of user-generated contributions point towards the need to improve the quality of transparency to form a broadly accessible resource for sustainability accounting.
by Leonardo Bonanni.
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Cohen, Paul Anthony. "Design for sustainable communities : an integral perspective." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/4302.
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Thesis (MPhil (Sustainable Development Planning and Management))--University of Stellenbosch, 2010.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Given the complexities facing humanity in the light of impending social and environmental collapse, it is the design of sustainable communities at all levels of our society that must be achieved to limit this potential outcome. Attaining such a goal, it is known, requires that humanity ‘consciously evolve’. Furthermore I suggest that Integral Theory, because it is grounded in the evolution of consciousness, provides an important map to help navigate this tremendous journey. In this thesis I use Integral Theory as a lens through which to understand and reflect on my experiences over the past eighteen years of the design and development of the Tlholego Village, one of the early experimental Permaculture and Ecovillage communities developed in South Africa.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Gegewe die kompleksiteite wat die samelewing in die gesig staar as gevolg van die dreigende sosiale en omgewings verval, is die ontwikkeling van volhoubare gemeenskappe op alle vlakke van ons samelewing noodsaaklik om so ‘n uitkoms te verhoed. Om hierdie doel te bereik word dit voorgestel dat die samelewing bewustelik moet ontwikkel (‘consciously evolve’). Verder stel ek voor dat Integraal Teorie (‘Integral Theory’), gegrond in die evolusie van bewustheid, ‘n belangrike roetekaart verskaf om die geweldige reis te navigeer. In hierdie tesis gebruik ek Integraal Teorie as ‘n lens waardeur my ervarings tydens die ontwerp en ontwikkeling van die Tlholego Village (een van die vroee eksperimentele Permakultuur en Eko-dorp gemeenskappe wat ontwikkel is in Suid Afrika oor die afgelope agtien jaar) verstaan en nabetrag kan word.
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França, César Levy. "Business Model Design for Strategic Sustainable Development." Doctoral thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för strategisk hållbar utveckling, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-13674.
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Humanity confronts an existential threat without historic precedent. Environmental pressures have reached such intensity and pace of change that the earth system may be irreversibly tipped into a new and unpredictable state. The emerging global reality is, in turn, redefining overall conditions for business success. Addressing these challenges both demands and brings great opportunities for innovation. An important and sometimes neglected aspect of innovation is the design or redesign of business models, which has been identified as a greater source of lasting competitive advantage than new products and services per se. The business model has also been suggested as a new unit of analysis when discussing sustainability. However, this is still a relatively underexplored area. The aim of this work was therefore to develop an approach to business model design that supports strategic sustainable development, i.e., supports organizations to contribute to society’s transition towards sustainability in a way that strengthens the organization. To be able to design a business model that supports strategic sustainable development, it is necessary to know what sustainability is and how to develop sustainability-promoting, economically viable strategies. Therefore, the Framework for Strategic Sustainable Development, which includes, e.g., an operational definition of sustainability and strategic guidelines for how to approach it, was used as an overarching framework. Specific research methods and techniques included, e.g., literature reviews, questionnaires, interviews, work with focus groups, participatory action research with partner organizations, creative problem solving techniques, modeling, and simulation. The literature reviews revealed potential sustainability benefits of developing business models in conjunction with product-service systems (PSS). However, a knowledge gap exists regarding how to effectively connect these fields. Arguably, PSS strategies can best contribute to sustainability when business models support their implementation and when both the business models and the PSS strategies are guided by an understanding of strategic sustainable development. Therefore, an integrated approach to Business Model Design for Strategic Sustainable Development was co-developed and tested in PSS innovation work with partners, e.g., companies within the energy and lighting sectors. The tests indicated that the new approach helped to clarify strengths and weaknesses of current business models from a strategic sustainability perspective; to transform an organization’s vision and strategy into a sustainability-framed vision and a sustainability-promoting strategy; and to communicate the new vision and strategy to the value network as a basis for engaging important stakeholders in the change. For example, the approach supported one of the partner companies in its transformation towards providing sustainable PSS solutions in the form of light as a service. Examples of business benefits of the new approach include improved scalability and risk avoidance, which provide a foundation for better investment strategies. Benefits also include improved differentiability and a broadened view on, and a more solid foundation for, collaboration with stakeholders that are increasingly important to sustainable business success.
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Bostanci, Sevket Can. "Low carbon sustainable concrete design and construction." Thesis, Kingston University, 2015. http://eprints.kingston.ac.uk/34545/.
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Clevenstine, Carly. "Integrating the Ohio| Through Sustainable Urban Design." Thesis, West Virginia University, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10844297.
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Humankind’s relationship with water began before our inception. Our very existence and evolution depended on it, as all life on our blue planet does. However, over time and perhaps more notably since the dawn of the industrial revolution, this relationship has shifted—changed. Riverfronts became dominated by railroads and industry severing access to the water in our urban environments. In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania the neighborhood of Manchester experienced further separation when the neighborhood was divided in two by a raised, walled highway and the industrial riverfront was renamed Chateau. Both neighborhoods have suffered from blight and vacancy subsequently. Using historic and GIS maps, sustainable design standards as well as scientific evidence of the effects of water on our health, well-being, creativity and happiness; this thesis seeks to examine why this connection to the Ohio River is vital to both residents and the city of Pittsburgh. And finally how we can redesign the industrial waterfront to reconnect both Chateau and Manchester with the river and serve as a model for sustainable redevelopment of these important cultural places.
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Cooney, Katie. "Alternative Sustainable Design within an Established Structure." The University of Arizona, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/552521.
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Sustainable Built Environments Senior CapstoneThis thesis seeks to develop an alternative sustainable design for the CareLink of Jackson medical facility. Through a thorough analysis of the structure, community, environment, and user interaction within and around the building, a complete understanding of the facility's needs, successes and failures were composed. Based on this analysis, an alternative design was then proposed of which incorporates improvements to the building's green space, solar utilization, and social integration. This final design analysis and recommendation can be used to inform similar redevelopment of established structures in the benefits of sustainable integration within architecture.
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James, Gary. "Sustainable passive solar design: thermal performance analysis of the Subiaco Sustainable Demonstration Home." Thesis, James, Gary (2004) Sustainable passive solar design: thermal performance analysis of the Subiaco Sustainable Demonstration Home. Honours thesis, Murdoch University, 2004. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/38400/.
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Creating the built environment seems to require the destruction of the natural environment. The impact of a building on the environment goes far beyond the space that was cleared to make way for it. Humans require resources (energy, water, materials) to continue to live, work and play in the buildings that we have created. Reducing the impact of ever-enlarging human settlements is necessary to protect the environment in which we rely so much.
The Subiaco Sustainable Demonstration Home (SSDH) is a collaborative effort between a local council and the building industry to create a house that uses fewer resources than normally built homes during its construction, use, and eventual demolition. The house has sustainability design features for water efficiency and water recycling, energy generation and efficient energy use, Universal design for the disabled, Low-allergen design to improve internal air quality, and sustainably sourced materials to minimise the cost to the environment due to its construction.
The house has also been designed using Passive Solar (PS) design, so should remain thermally comfortable inside for most of the year, without the need of active heating or cooling systems. The house follows PS principles with: house and block having a north orientation, extensive glazing (protected in summer) on the north to maximise solar exposure in winter; internal thermal mass to minimise temperature swings; insulation to control heat energy flows; good ventilation to remove heat; and zoning to maximise human comfort.
The house was the subject of a thermal monitoring programme throughout 2004, which will continue to January 2006. The objective of the monitoring was to record the internal thermal conditions (temperature and humidity) to determine how effective the house is in remaining within established thermal comfort levels without the need of mechanically-based heating or cooling systems.
The house has demonstrated that it can remain within human thermal comfort levels for the majority of time, but needs to be operated properly by the occupants. In order for the house to be thermally comfortable, windows and curtains need to be opened at the right time to control the flow of energy into or out of the building. The result is a healthier, more comfortable living environment that is financially and environmentally cheaper to maintain than the currently constructed housing being created elsewhere around Australia.
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Gutierrez, Hernandez Lucero, and Garcia Wenny Fernanda Ramirez. "Sustainable System for Water Desalination." Thesis, Högskolan i Skövde, Institutionen för ingenjörsvetenskap, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:his:diva-15991.
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Ankarstiftelsen, a non-profit organization with the mission of assuring the access to basic necessities in developing countries, presented a brief for a sustainable water desalination system, to obtain acceptable drinking water, in the region of La Guajira, Colombia. The main objective of the project is the creation of an initial proposal for a sustainable desalination system using solar energy with a minimal cost of construction. This project required large amounts of research regarding the principles of desalination and water purification systems. As well as the living conditions, weather, and water situation in La Guajira. Empirical studies helped verify initial information and provided a better understanding of desalination systems and their principles. Methodologies such as user personas, interviews, and Function analysis were used to determine key constraints and aspects to be considered in the project development. In addition, simple functionality tests were conducted to evaluate the concepts generated. The resulting design proposal is a collection of technical functionality aspects and user identity that aims to create a meaningful and coherent product to be implemented in its designated context.