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4th Cradle to Cradle Product Design Challenge Winners - Re-Think Everyday Products for Circular EconomyBy Katy Evans | January 23, 2017Made with only two materials, this 100% recyclable camping knife has a product-service system that is safe for both the users and the environment. |
John Turner had originally designed the Hydra Outdoor Tool Set for a class project, but wasn't happy with the outcome. With sustainability in mind, he set out to do a re-design that would be lighter weight, more durable, and easier to recycle.
The 2011 Autodesk Inventor Student Design Competition challenged students in India to design a cost effective assistive and rehabilitation devices. The teams chosen demonstrate key learnings in sustainable design, as highlighted below.
When Erin Fong set out to re-design her SLR Camera design to improve the lifetime of the product, she focused on durability and recycling, as well as creating a novel handle and tripod setup.
Industrial design student, Marc Levinson, set out to reduce the environmental impact of his simple, yet elegant, Tea Infuser using Autodesk tools and educational resources.
21-year old designer David Markus is a BFA in Industrial Design student from the Savannah College of Art and Design. His idea was to use sustainable manufacturing practices to create a zero energy lamp.
This is the second installment of updates on the construction of Anderson Anderson’s net zero energy classroom. This is the report from the front-lines.
Massachusetts-based David Fustino aimed to redesign the everyday desk lamp. His solution is a magnetically assembled three-legged desk lamp named IRIS that structurally displays an LED bulb that elegantly diffuses its light.
We’ve talked about net zero energy buildings on the Sustainability Workshop – zero energy districts is essentially the same idea applied to a cluster of buildings.
RIT’s Golisano Institute of Sustainability has multidisciplinary education and research programs focusing on sustainable production, sustainable energy, sustainable mobility, and ecologically friendly IT.
Two things that stood-out at the Engineers for a Sustainable World conference were the strength of the student community around sustainable engineering and how well students were positioning themselves for the cutting-edge, meaningful careers.