Ecology in designLaajuus (5 cr)

Objective

You recognize the principles of ecological design.

You consider the various stages of product, service, or application implementation, such as anticipation, design, material selection, production process, packaging and logistics, use and maintenance, and recyclability.

You can design products, services, or applications according to the requirements of ecological design.

Content

How to ensure that consumers have access to products, services, or applications with high energy efficiency and low environmental impact?

How to integrate environmental considerations and life cycle thinking in the design phase of products, services, or applications?

How to design and manufacture an ecological product, service, or application?

Evaluation

Students can

a. use professional vocabulary and concepts in an expert way in different situations.

b. evaluate information sources critically.

c. work as team members in working life expert duties and identify and describe the problems of the professional field.

e. choose appropriate models, methods, software and techniques according to the purpose and justify these choices.

f. promote teams’ goal-oriented operation.

g. apply critically the ethical principles of the professional field in different situations.