Life Cycle Based Eco-Design as Core Design Practice
1. LeNS, the Learning Network on Sustainability: Asian-European multi-polar network for curricula development on Design for Sustainability focused on product service system innovation. Funded by the Asia-Link Programme, EuroAid, European Commission. course: System design for sustainability learning resource: Life Cycle Based Eco-Design as Core Design Practice contributors: Leyla Acaroglu Organisation for the Promotion of Environmnetal Knowedge (OPEkN) Director, Eco Innovators Melbourne, Australia Leyla Acaroglu Eco Innovators, Melbourne Australia
2. Why should a designer care about sustainbaility?... Leyla Acaroglu Eco Innovators, Melbourne Australia
3. Source: Global Footprint Network (2007) www.footprintnetwork.org Leyla Acaroglu Eco Innovators, Melbourne Australia
4. The mass production and consumption of goods requires the continual extraction of natural resources that has exceeded the earths carrying capacity Leyla Acaroglu Eco Innovators, Melbourne Australia
5. Americans and Australians consume about 10 tonnes per person each year of raw materials. US raw material consumption - 1900-1995 (Matos & Wagner) Leyla Acaroglu Eco Innovators, Melbourne Australia
6. “ lock in” of environmental impact 70 - 80% of the total products environmental impacts are determined and ‘locked-in’ in the design phase by the decisions made by the designer (USA EPA) Leyla Acaroglu Eco Innovators, Melbourne Australia Freedom to effect gross impacts of product
7. 2. Close the Loop Society traditionally works on a liner system with raw materials entering the cycle and wastes exiting Leyla Acaroglu Eco Innovators, Melbourne Australia
11. But, things are not always as simple as they appear to be.... Leyla Acaroglu Eco Innovators, Melbourne Australia
12. Which is more sustainable? Plastic Wood BioStarch Leyla Acaroglu Eco Innovators, Melbourne Australia
13. 3. Environmental folklore Folklore – the unwritten lore that guides us all We make decisions (personally and professionally) based on assumptions and our folklore But how do we know what is actually better or best? Life Cycle Assessments have shown us that some of our assumptions are not always right (paper good – plastic bad) Leyla Acaroglu Eco Innovators, Melbourne Australia
14. What is the most environmentally damaging thing about a fridge? Is it... The way it is made? The energy it uses during its lifetime? The chemicals used during manufacture? The food it contains? What happens to it when it is thrown away? Leyla Acaroglu Eco Innovators, Melbourne Australia
15. Based on typical household expenditure data from Australia Bureau of Statistics Leyla Acaroglu Eco Innovators, Melbourne Australia
16. How can we integrate eco-design into core design practice and reduce the impacts of our products? Leyla Acaroglu Eco Innovators, Melbourne Australia
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18. By understanding the environmental impacts across the life of a product, system or service, we can make decisions at the design stage that reduce these impacts across the entire life of the product. Leyla Acaroglu Eco Innovators, Melbourne Australia
19. Leyla Acaroglu 1. Know the Life Cycle Stages Resource Extraction Manufacture Packaging & Transportation Use End of Life
29. Leyla Acaroglu Eco Innovators, Melbourne Australia Thank you for your time OPEkN www.opekn.org [email_address] Eco Innovators www.ecoinnovators.com.au [email_address]
