Setting up a Design Assignment

Setting up a Design Assignment

1. Engeniering for sustainability

2. The difference of a sustainable design compared to a conventional design is two-fold:

   • 1. Sustainable Design has much wider reaching sustainable development goals and constraints
     • 2. The sustainable designing process is different because a holistic sustainable development view is kept in mind in all design steps and stakeholders are actively involved.

3. CHALLENGES FOR A SUSTAINABLE DESIGN

   • Factor 4/10/20
     • factors 4, 10 or 20 method
       • At the start of the design, also called, the concept design stage, the design goal has to be challenging. This is needed to obtain a design that is significantly better than the existing process or product.
   • Stage-gate Innovation Funnel
   • Open Innovation with Sustainable Development Goals
   • Risks and Required Innovation Effort Constraints