Question 3 Flashcards
Sustainability: Design for Engineering
1
Q
What are the 3 R’s used to decrease mass and energy Use?
A
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.
2
Q
What are the 5 main goals of designing for the environment?
A
Intentionally: 1. minimizing mass cycle for product, 2. minimizing energy cascade in systems you are designing, 3. designing to reduce, reuse and recycle, 4. minimizing pollutants, 5. Conducting Life cycle analysis.
3
Q
when did issues of sustainability surface?
A
Industrial revolution. roughly between 1948 and 1952
