Ecodesign Course Introduction

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Eco-design Course Introduction

• Kristjan Piirimäe

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Literature

• Analytical tools for environmental design and
  management in a systems perspective. N. Wrisberg
  and H.A.U. de Haes. 2002
• Sustainable solutions. Developing products and
  services for the future. M. Charter and U.
  Tischner. 2001.

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Contents

• Course components
• Content of lectures
• Excursions / case studies
• Team work
• Requirements

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Course components

• Theoretical part
• Excursions / Estonian case studies
• Team work / practice

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Theoretical part - lectures

• Analytical tools in environmental design
• Eco-design strategies
• Areas of interest eco-architecture, electronics
  etc.
• Global case studies

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Excursions / Estonian case studies

• Three excursions to see the relationships between
  product design and environment
• Seminars at site product life cycle, eco-design
  issues, working out sustainable solutions
• In 2004
• - Pulp and paper production in Horizon Pulp and
  Paper in Kehra, 60 km from Tallinn
• Beer production in Saku Brewery, 40 km from
  Tallinn
• Production of mobile phone components in Elcoteq
  Tallinn

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Teamwork / global case studies

• Formation of teams for eco-design exercises (a
  game)
• Team size 1 5 students
• Team composition may change during course
  increasing, decreasing, joining, splitting etc.
• Each team chooses a product/service to work with
  (it can be revised or completely rechosen during
  the course)
• Each student is responsible for the performance
  of the entire team (each team gets marks that
  apply to each member of the team)

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Requirements
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Themes for essey

• Case analysis on problem shifting
• Case analysis on ecological rucksack
• Case analysis on ecological footprint