integrating into classes

For educators looking to incorporate sustainable innovation curriculum into existing classes, here are some suggestions for:

engineering / physics classes
design classes
business classes

Mechanical Engineering and Physics

The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) requires engineering programs to include environmental and social sustainability as real-world design constraints in curriculum.

Course	Content	Exercises
Physics	● Energy Effectiveness: Introduction video ● Energy Effectiveness: Friction video ● Lightweighting: All videos	● Calculating Energy Priorities ● Reducing energy use ● Reducing material use by engineering structure
Statics	● Lightweighting: All videos	● Reducing material use by engineering structure
Thermodynamics / Heat Transfer	● Energy Effectiveness: Heat Transfer video	● Reducing energy use
Fluid Mechanics	● Energy Effectiveness: Fluid Dynamics video	● Reducing energy use
Mechanics of Materials	● Lightweighting: All videos ● Greener Materials: All videos ● Greener Materials: Chooser charts ● Greener Materials: Material libraries	● Reducing material use by engineering structure ● Finding greener materials ● Swapping in greener materials
Robotics / Mechatronics	● Lightweighting: All videos ● Greener Materials: Introduction video ● Greener Materials: Chooser charts	● Reducing material use by engineering structure ● Finding greener materials ● Swapping in greener materials
Design Process / Methods	● Whole System Mapping ● Design for Lifetime and Sharing: All videos	● Whole System Mapping ● Design for Lifetime and Sharing
Design for Manufacturing	● Design for Lifetime and Sharing: All videos ● Greener Materials: Introduction video ● Inventing Green Toolkit by Venture Well	● Design for Lifetime and Sharing ● Finding greener materials ● Swapping in greener materials
Engineering Ethics	● Measuring Sustainability (esp. Cradle to Cradle & EPEAT) ● Design for Lifetime and Sharing: Introduction video ● Changing Lifestyles: Introduction video	● Cradle to Cradle Certification ● EPEAT Certification ● Green Persuasion ● Evil Persuasion

Industrial Design / Product Design

Course	Content	Exercises
Design Studios including consumer products, electronics, furniture, apparel, industrial equipment, exhibits and interiors, and sustainable product design	All content, especially... ● Whole System Mapping ● Measuring Sustainability ● Greener Materials: Introduction video ● Design for Lifetime and Sharing: All videos ● Energy Effectiveness: Introduction video ● Changing Lifestyles: Introduction video	All exercises, especially... ● Whole System Mapping ● Finding greener materials ● Swapping in greener materials ● Design for Lifetime and Sharing ● Green Persuasion ● Evil Persuasion
Materials & Processes	● Greener Materials: All videos ● Greener Materials: Chooser charts ● Greener Materials: Material libraries	● Finding greener materials ● Swapping in greener materials
Design for Manufacturing	● Design for Lifetime and Sharing: Disassembly & Recycling, Repair & Upgrade videos ● Lightweighting: All videos ● Energy Effectiveness: Introduction video ● Inventing Green Toolkit by Venture Well	● Design for Lifetime and Sharing ● Reducing material use by engineering structure
Model Making and Prototyping	● Lightweighting: All videos ● Greener Materials: All videos ● Greener Materials: Chooser charts ● Greener Materials: Material libraries	● Reducing material use by engineering structure ● Finding greener materials ● Swapping in greener materials

Business

Course	Content	Exercises
Competitive / Corporate Strategy	● Whole System Mapping ● Measuring Sustainability	● Whole System Mapping ● LCA ● Cradle to Cradle Certification ● EPEAT Certification
Decision Modeling / Science	● Whole System Mapping	● Whole System Mapping
Operations Management / Strategy Entrepreneurship	● Design for Lifetime and Sharing	● Design for Lifetime and Sharing
Entrepreneurship	● Whole System Mapping ● Design for Lifetime and Sharing ● Measuring Sustainability ● Inventing Green Toolkit by Venture Well	● Whole System Mapping ● Design for Lifetime and Sharing ● LCA ● Cradle to Cradle Certification ● EPEAT Certification
Supply Chain Management	● Measuring Sustainability ● Whole System Mapping ● Greener Materials	● Whole System Mapping ● Finding greener materials ● Swapping in greener materials
Energy Economics	● Energy Effectiveness: Introduction video	● Calculating Energy Priorities
Business Ethics	● Measuring Sustainability (esp. Cradle to Cradle & EPEAT) ● Design for Lifetime and Sharing: Introduction video ● Changing Lifestyles: Introduction video	● Cradle to Cradle Certification ● EPEAT Certification ● Design for Lifetime and Sharing ● Green Persuasion ● Evil Persuasion

Watch a recording of Teaching Green: Integrating Sustainability into Your Curriculum

Jeremy Faludi’s Teaching Green webinar highlights ways to weave sustainability into existing courses on engineering and physics, industrial and product design, and business.

integrating into classes

Mechanical Engineering and Physics

Industrial Design / Product Design

Business

Watch a recording of Teaching Green: Integrating Sustainability into Your Curriculum

Sign Up for the VentureWell Newsletter