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.