PROGRAMA DE ASIGNATURAS
SUBJECT:
TITULACIÓN: INGENIERO INDUSTRIAL
SUSTAINABLE PRODUCT DESIGN
DEPARTMENT: ENGINEERING PROJECTS
KNOWLEDGE AREA: ENGINEERING PROJECTS
TOTAL CREDITS: 4
CODE:
CYCLE: 2º
COURSE: 5º
SEMESTER:B
THEORETICAL PRACTICAL
SESSIONS: 2.5 SESSIONS: 0.8
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COMPULSORY
MAJOR COMP.
OPTIONAL
ELECTIVE
PRACTICAL
SESSIONS IN LAB:
0.7
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VISITS:0
OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE
To acquire the skills and aptitudes to be able to include environmental aspects in product design and development.
Decision taken during product design account for a high percentage of a product’s environmental impact. In the case of
industrial products, this impact is multiplied by the hundreds or thousands of products manufactured per year. The
objectives of this subject include comprehension of the need of incorporating environmental factors in the product design
process and capability of measuring and evaluating environmental impact of a product along its complete life cycle (from
cradle to grave). Furthermore, evolution of the Ecodesign of Environmentally Conscious Design will be studied, and
different techniques will be presented to make the student capable of carrying out such design.
Nº
1
BASIC CONTENTS
Name and brief description of each lesson
Introduction to Sustainability and Product Development
The subject and the evaluation criteria. General concepts and definitions. Environment. Sustainable Development.
Ecology. Product Development.
2
Developing products in a Globalized Market
The context of manufacturing companies. Global market and delocalized production. Value chain and life cycle of a
product. World Class Manufacturing. Influence of product typology in Life Cycle Engineering.
3
Product Typologies and how the Design Team is Organized
Influence of the product typology in the design process. Distributed design. Models and case studies.
Practical lesson – Stakeholder roles in the Design Team.
4
Concurrent Engineering
Comparison of different focuses on integrating design and manufacturing. Case studies. Computer Aided
Engineering.
Practical lesson – Introduction to computer collaborative and Product Data Management tools.
5
Systematic Product Design
Product development methodologies: a systematic approach. Standards (VDI 2221). Quality Function Deployment.
Practical lesson – Development of a simple product’s design.
6
“Design for” techniques
Definition of DfX. Design for manufacturing, assembly, security, service, usability, etc.
7
Sustainability applied to Product Development
Ecoefficiency. Industrial Ecology. Ecodesign and Design for Environment. DfE vs DfX. Ecodesign strategies and
techniques.
Practical lesson – Appliance of the Ecodesign Strategies.
8
Ecodesign methodology
9
Ecodesign techniques
The process of Ecodesign. Guidelines. Evaluation of the product’s environmental performance.
Practical lesson – Computer aided generation of improvement ideas.
Evaluation of environmental impact of products. Design goal prioritisation. Life Cycle Assessment.
Practical lesson – Environmental evaluation of a product.
10
Design for Disassembly and Recycling
11
Environmental Legislation
The product’s end-of-life. Design for Disassembly. Design for Recycling.
Regulatory framework. European Directives (WEEE, EoLV, EoHS and Packaging). Case study: the influence of
packaging.
12
Sustainable Production, Consumption and Procurement
Cleaner production. Responsible Consumption. Eco-labelling. Willingness to pay.
PROGRAMA DE ASIGNATURAS
TITULACIÓN: INGENIERO INDUSTRIAL
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STAFF RESPONSIBLE
Salvador F. Capuz Rizo
Daniel Collado Ruiz