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Showing 1 to 20 of 146 for “"Sustainable design"”.
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Aesthetic typicality and sustainable design
Aesthetic longevity in product design has been linked to environmental sustainability through an increased product lifetime-of-use. One approach to creating enduring product aesthetics is visual simplicity—yet ‘simple’ can be a challenge to define, let alone to create. Designers such as Naoto …
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Changing Mindsets: Sustainable Design in Historic Preservation
… rests at a pivotal point in the advancement of sustainable development and design. Historic preservation is inherently sustainable. Unfortunately, current green building practices focus more on the ever-growing technological innovations that can be applied to new construction. A lack of …
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Beyond transparency : collective engagement in sustainable design
… 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 …
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Stakeholder-based sustainable design: a participatory learning model
… face significant challenges in the creation of sustainable landscapes. Trends in 20th century development emphasized car-oriented design which drew businesses and people out of town centers, while subsequent economic downturns have left many towns with budget shortfalls and expensive, …
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Abiotic and Biotic Polymer Degradation to Inform Sustainable Design
… plastic degradation is crucial to inform the sustainable design of polymers. This thesis is structured into three chapters, each addressing critical aspects of polymer degradation: In the first chapter, I develop and apply a sequential abiotic (photodegradation and hydrolysis) and biotic …
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Explorations in Sustainable Design: Developing Solutions for Long Lasting Childrenswear
… an effective approach for developing more sustainable solutions in children's apparel, particularly for the age group of 4 to 7 years? Due to the rapid growth of children, parents, caregivers & guardians are compelled to acquire new garments frequently, often before the current clothing has …
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Sustainable design of complex industrial and energy systems under uncertainty
… to ensure that their manufacturing be sustainable. On the other hand, the efforts of pursing sustainability also give raise to potential opportunities for improvements and collaborations among various types of industries.</p> <p>Owing to inherent complexity and uncertainty, however, …
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Sustainable design of hydrocarbon refrigerants applied to the hermetic compressor
International environmental concern led to the control and phase out of traditional chlorofluorocarbon refrigerants (CFCs) under the terms of the Montreal protocol. CFCs used in domestic applications were initially replaced with hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) such as R134a which has a zero ozone …
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CLIMATE—CARBON—EQUITY Making Sustainable Design Concepts Accessible for All
… influence on how buildings perform, and how we design and build buildings impacts the climate. Therefore, the most effective sustainable strategies for low-carbon buildings are heavily influenced by the climatic context of the project. In this thesis, I present the development, validation, and …
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Lessons in sustainable design : case study of a school in Chicago
… thesis develops an approach to environmentally sustainable design through the hypothetical redesign of the South Loop School in Chicago. Sustainable architecture seeks to reinforce ecological relationships to the greatest extent possible, be they among humans or between humans and other species. …
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Sustainable design approach underpinned with Life Cycle Impact Assessment(LCIA) and ontology
Sustainable development has been a subject of global interest when people shift the focus from the economy and productivity only to the economy with consideration of the environment and resources on the earth. Manufacturing industry is one of the most crucial sectors that people focused on to make …
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Shop like a designer: How the mass media perpetuates non-sustainable design
… that mass media perpetuate critique of interior design projects using non-environmentally responsible design (non-ERD) assessment models, based on traditional ideological considerations, as opposed to models based on environmentally responsible design (ERD) philosophies. Using the Delphi …
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Quantifying the Life Cycle Benefits of Performance-Based Design in Sustainable Design
… the Life Cycle Benefits of Performance-Based Design in Sustainable Design</p> <p>David Carmona</p> <p> For this thesis, a method is developed and tested for use with performance based design to quantify the sustainable and financial benefits of designing buildings to a structural performance …
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Sustainable design education: learning strategies for multidisciplinary education of undergraduates and professionals.
The concept of sustainable design as a specialism within design, business and manufacture is not a new one. Writers and educators such as Victor Papanek (Papanek 1971) and Buckminster Fuller (Fuller and Snyder 1969) were advocating a change in the way we taught students how to design and look at …
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Preliminary framework for quantitative sustainable design of redox-mediated electrodialysis for biorefinery separations
… performance with a framework for quantitative sustainable design of downstream redox-ED and will provide a way to define the opportunity space for this novel technology. Findings include a baseline levelized cost estimation of 5.76 USD∙kg SA-1 and technology targets for achieving a levelized …
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The education of undergraduate product designers in the principles and practice of sustainable design.
There is a growing recognition that product designers have a responsibility to ensure that their designs are intrinsically sustainable and do not add to the growing pressures on the environment. Developing sustainable products requires designers to be aware of the conflicting issues and constraints …
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Sustainable design and durability of domestic micro combined heat and power scroll expander systems.
Research to understand the mechanisms of wear within the main components of three different micro-CHP scroll expander systems was conducted. This was performed in order to identify the possible tribo-mechanical effects (abrasion, adhesion, cavitation, fatigue) which occur on the substrate of these …
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Advancing sustainable wastewater treatment: elucidating tradeoffs among emerging resource recovery technologies through quantitative sustainable design
… treatment, but because there are many different designs available, research on the topic varies greatly. An in-depth examination of AnMBR designs was conducted utilizing quantitative sustainable design to elucidate configurations that limit economic or environmental impacts under the assumption …
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Quantitative sustainable design of water and sanitation infrastructure in resource-rich and resource-limited contexts
Quantitative sustainable design, a process of mechanistically linking design and operational decisions to sustainability indicators, can inform decision-making for water and sanitation infrastructure by enabling navigation of trade-offs across dimensions of sustainability (e.g., environmental, …
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Cooperative innovation in the commons : rethinking distributed collaboration and intellectual property for sustainable design innovation
Addressing global design challenges in the environment and underserved communities requires a cooperative approach towards sustainable design innovation, one that embraces multidisciplinary expertise, participatory design and rapid dissemination of critical innovations in the field. How can a rural …
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