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Lecture

The aim of the lecture “Development of sustainable products” is to teach students importance of the development phase on sustainability. Solutions in methodology, organisation and data management will be addressed and revised with different examples.

Excercise

In the exercises, the knowledge from the lecture will be put to use in a project, in which the students are tasked to re-design a product of their own choice in order to make it sustainable.

Literature

• Konrad Ott, Ralf Döring, 2008: Theorie und Praxis starker Nachhaltigkeit
• Fraunhofer, 2020 (Studie): Biointelligenz
• Kai Lindow, 2016: Wissensbasierte Entwicklung nachhaltiger Produkt
• Abele; Anderl; Birkhofer, 2007: EcoDesign – von der Theorie in die Praxis
• Abele; Anderl; Birkhofer, 2005: Environmentally-Friendly Product Development
• TU Delft: Design for Sustainability – a step-by-step approach (https://api.globalewaste.org/publications/file/163/Design-for-Sustainability-A-Step-by-Step-Approach.pdf (opens in new tab))
• Ulrich & Eppinger: Product Design and Development. McGraw Hill International Edition, 4. Auflage, New York 2008
• Ueda et al.: Value Creation and Decision Making in Sustainable Society. Annals of the CIRP Vol. 58/2 (2009).
• Umweltmanagement – Ökobilanz – Grundsätze und Rahmenbedingungen (ISO 14040:2006 + Amd 1:2020); Deutsche Fassung EN ISO 14040:2006 + A1:2020
• RICHTLINIE 2009/125/EG DES EUROPÄISCHEN PARLAMENTS UND DES RATES vom 21. Oktober 2009 zur Schaffung eines Rahmens für die Festlegung von Anforderungen an die umweltgerechte Gestaltung energieverbrauchsrelevanter Produkte

Moodle

Further information and documents of the lecture as well as supplementary materials can be found on the e-learning platform Moodle under the course “Entwicklung nachhaltiger Produkte”.

Last updated: Summer semester 2024 (28.08.2024)