Resource Use and Waste Reduction in Car Manufacturing Process

Learning Outcomes:

• To identify and engage with contentious issues regarding resource use and waste reduction
• To choose, summarise and determine in a systematic way the design considerations for reduced waste and resource use
• To briefly analyse and make a report upon a government in the development of an argument
• To recognise and incorporate relevant literature into your discussion
• To identify and produce a clear set of supported design recommendations for addressing a complex resource issue

Resource Efficient Design module consists of two items that are:

• A: The Resource Efficient Design and Rebound Effect
• B: Suggestions for waste reduction and improved resource use

Tasks to be undertaken:

To recognise a specific product or process and to outline a set of DESIGN suggestions for enhancing the efficiency with which resources are used throughout its life cycle. You might be actively interested in the product or process through work, leisure or local action. You could choose one about which you have some knowledge but are not actively involved answers. It is not mainly focused on the design of an artefact but may refer to the design of a process that contributes to enhanced resource efficiency.

In particular you are asked to:

1. Give a brief but clear analysis of the resource considerations within the selected process or product life cycle;
2. Evaluate a range of interventions that will reduce the use of natural resources, energy and/or level of waste generated in the selected product or process;
3. Give a summary set of design recommendations.