Electronics & the Environment Introduction Lecture Dr.Colin Fitzpatrick C2-057b © Colin Fitzpatrick

Sustainability EconomySociety Environment

Triple Bottom Line The triple bottom line (TBL) focuses corporations not just on the economic value they add, but also on the environmental and social value they add – and destroy. At its narrowest, the term ‘triple bottom line’ is used as a framework for measuring and reporting corporate performance against economic, social and environmental parameters.

Corporate Social Responsibility “achieving commercial success in ways that honour people, communities, the environment and ethical values. CSR is not about philanthropy; it is about how companies earn their money, rather than how they spend it on good works”

Electronics & the Environment Life Cycle Thinking

Electronics & the Environment Whole System Engineering – System defined as “a group of interacting, interdependent parts linked by exchanges of energy, matter and/or information” – Applying knowledge of the entire system to the design and implementation of every element within it and how they fit together

Electronics & the Environment Product System

Electronics & the Environment Sustainable Development Eco Design Life Cycle Assessment End of Life & Electronics Recycling Legal Framework Standards Eco Labels

Resources & Reading List Graedel T.E., Allenby B.R., "Industrial Ecology" 2nd Edition Prentice Hall 2003 – Chapter 1 – Chapter 15 – Chapter 17 Goldberg L.H., "Green Electronics / Green Bottom Line, Environmentally Responsible Engineering", 1st Edition Newnes 2000 – Chapter 5 – Chapter 6 – Chapter 7 – Chapter 23

Resources & Reading List Azapagic A., Clift R., Perdan S., "Sustainable Development in Practice, Case Studies for Engineers & Scientists" 1st Edition Wiley 2004 – Chapter 1 – Appendix 1 Lewis H., Gertsakis J., "Design & Environment, A Global Guide to Designing Greener Goods", 1st Edition Greenleaf Publishing 2001, – Chapter 3 – Chapter 4 – Chapter 9

Resources & Reading List Kueher R., Williams E., “Computers & the Environment, Understanding & Managing their Impacts”, 1 st Edition Kluwer Academic Publishing, – Chapter 8

Resources Internet Website – ES/Modules/ET4407/

Assessment Final Exam 70% Coursework 30% – Group research into a specific area with report (will be made available on the website) and presentation (to be made in class). – Self Specified

Project Details Worth 30% – 15% Report 15% Presentation To be done in a group of two Project Title to be specified by the group Project workshop during early tutorials project title and project group to me with Subject Electronics & the Environment Project Must have go ahead before proceeding with project

Project Details 2000 Word report – Report must include breakdown on each partners contribution to the project – Must have 100 word abstract – Must be fully referenced including books, article, web pages etc… – Must include word count results – ed to me with Subject Electronics & the Environment Project where it will be put on the network 10 minute PowerPoint presentation to the class Presentation slots will be available in Weeks 9, 10, 11 & 12.

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