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All Laboratories
Material Selection Software - CES Materials EcoSelector
Spreadsheet software - Microsoft Excel

A COURSEWORK weighted at 100% assessing all Learning Outcomes.
The coursework will be by a combination of group and individual assessments utilising group presentation (20min for a group of 4 members equivalent to 5min per group member), production of a clear, critical, and comprehensive group report (individual contribution of a 2,000 word piece totalling 60%), and an individual 1,000- word critical reflective report and design diary or logbook (40%).

Design and Manufacture - current practice
To put the environmental issues to be discussed into perspective some of the key design & manufacture strategies commonly in use will be discussed.
Introduction to Invention and Innovation: Investigation of the innovation process. Introduction of invention. Introduction to innovation. Inventors and organisations. Impact of new technologies. Forecasting the future of innovation.
Markets - Designing for people: Making products that sell. Who buys products? Ways of finding out about markets. Markets and design. Designing the user experience. Products and their markets. Markets, cultures, and design. Global production and world markets.
Products - New Product development, sustainable design, and manufacture: New product development. Product development and the environment. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) to understand the material, energy and toxicity impacts of an existing product and the use of Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DFMA) strategies to reduce environmental impact of product.
Material Selection for sustainability
selection of appropriate materials for successful products. CES Materials EcoSelector will be used by students to make informed choices of materials.
Diffusion - Consumers and innovation: Introduction to diffusion. Conventional consumer involvement. Consumer choice and new energy technologies. Consumers, producers, and pressure groups. Government and sustainable energy.
Consumption - Innovation for sustainability: International debate. Eco-efficiency. Problems with eco-efficiency. Understanding consumption. Technology and sustainability.

Short programme of key lectures will introduce the module and identify the issues to be addressed. Students will be expected to work from the beginning in their groups to start constructing their proposals for the design project. Learning will be supported by group tutorials, directed reading and guest lecturers in conjunction with other modules. A high standard of professionalism will be required for the working practices of each group.