1. carlo vezzoli politecnico di milano . INDACO dpt. . DIS . School of design . Italy Learning Network on Sustainability course System Design for Sustainability Subject 6 . Methods and tools for System Design for Sustainability learning resource 6.2 Sustainability-orienting system design tools

2. CONTENTS . System design orientation towards sustainability . Sustainability Design-Orienting (SDO) toolkit . Sustainability Interaction story-spot

3. > CRITERIA AND GUIDELINES ARE NEEDED > METHODS AND TOOLS ARE NEEDED to orientate design towards sustainable system stakeholder interactions [… NOT ALL SYSTEM INNOVATION ARE ECO-EFFICENT AND SOCIALLY EQUITABLE AND COHESIVE!] (OBJECTIVE) ORIENTATE SYSTEM DESIGN TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS … in addition to system design tools

4. DESIGN/DEVELOPMENT PROCESS PRODUCT, SERVICE, SYSTEM product concept service concept system design system engin. stakeholders interactions concept product design service design stakeholders interactions design product engineering service engineering stakeholders interactions engineering strategic analysis system concept SUSTAINABILITY ORIENTING METHOD/TOOLS SUATAINABILITY EFFECTIVENESS + _ system design orientation B’ system concept evaluation/visualisation A’ system design evaluation/visualisation C’’ system design evaluation/visualisation A’’ system engineering evaluation B’’ system engineering evaluation/visualisation C’’ priorities evaluat. (existing) A concept orientation B system concept evaluation/visualisation (priorities) C

5. SUSTAINABILITY ORIENTING SYSTEM DESIGN TOOLS: MAIN AIMS: . define priorities . orientate idea/concept generation . check improvements . visualize improvements

6. MSDS SUSTAINABILITY ORIENTING SYSTEM DESIGN TOOLS: 1. Sustainability Design-Orienting toolkit (SDO) 2. sustainability interaction story-spot

7. 1. SUSTAINABILITY DESIGN-ORIENTING (SDO) TOOL WHAT IS: a modular software toolkit supporting the following processes: - A : priorities sustainability criteria/guidelines (existing system qualitative analysis) - B : identify sustainable existing options (best practices analysis) - C : generate sustainability - focused idea - D : check/visualise sustainability improvement/worsening of developed concept/s SCOPE orientate system design process towards sustainable solutions (environmental, socio-ethical, economic)

9. ENVIRONMENTAL CRITERIA (GUIDELINES) to suggest system eco-efficency (stakeholder innovative interactions) . system life optimisation . transportation/distribution reduction . resources reduction . waste minimisation/valorisation . conservation/biocompatibility . toxic reduction

10. SOCIO-ETHIC CRITERIA (GUIDELINES) to suggest system social equity and cohesion (stakeholder innovative interactions) . improve employment/working conditions . increase equity and justice in relation to stakeholders . enable responsible/sustainable consumption . favour/integrate the weak and marginalized . improve social cohesion . empower/enhance local resources

11. 0. LOGIN [if requested] to start type: username and password and click on OK

12. 0. LOAD/NEW PROJECT select a language type projct name to be loaded (if existing) or created (if new) click on OK

13. 0. STARTING DATA (MENÙ) fields to be filled select the sustainability dimension to work on and click (e.g. environmen. )

14. A. ENVIRONMENTAL/ SUSTAINABILITY PRIORITIES DEF. visualise one by one the evaluation checklists ( for each critera) select a criterion cliclk on set priotities write answers (one for each checklist of each critera) define priorities

15. C. GENERATE “SUSTAINABLE IDEAS” BY BRAINSTORM. cliclk on orientate concept cliclk on the sustainability dimension (e.g. environmental)

16. C. GENERATE “SUSTAINABLE IDEAS” BY BRAINSTORM. click on the button and type emerged ideas select one of the idea table starting form those with higher prioriitiies (one for each criteria ) read the guidelinees at the system level (one for each critaeria)

17. C. GENERATE “SUSTAINABLE IDEAS” BY BRAINSTORM. click on the button and type emerged ideas select one of the idea table (one for each criteria) read the guidelinees at the system level (one for each critaeria)

18. D. SUSTAINABILITY CHECK OF IN PROGRESS SYSTEM CONCEPT cliclk on check concept cliclk on sustainability dimension (e.g. environmental)

19. D. CHECK IN PROGRESS SYSTEM CONCEPT select a criterion define improvement write answers (for each checklist of each criteria) Radar env. visualise one by one the evaluation checklists ( for each critera)

20. D. VISUALISE IN PROGRESS SYSTEM CONCEPT concept improvement (e.g. +) priority of existing system (e.g. Medium) for each criterion (sust. dimension) IMPROVEMENT… type text synthethising improvement

21. D. VISUALISE IN PROGRESS SYSTEM CONCEPT for each criterion (sust. dimension) IMPROVEMENT… type text synthethising improvement per other s u st a nibilit y dimension , e.g. socio-ethical concept improvement (e.g. +)

22. SDO integration in the design process per each sustainability dimension increasing the detail level ENV, SOCIO-ET. & ECON. CHECK/VISUALISATION ENV, SOCIO-ET. & ECON. CHECK/VISUALISATION MULTIMEDIA REPORTING: OVERALL QUALITIES MULTIMEDIA REPORTING: STAINABILITY QUALITIES STRATEGIC ANALYSIS EXPLORING OPPORTUNITIES SYSTEM CONCEPT DESIGN SYSTEM DESIGN (AND ENGIN.) COMMUNICATION ANALYSIS OF THE PROJECT PROMOTERS ANALYSIS OF THE REFERENCE CONTEXT ANALYSIS OF BEST PRACTICES ANALYSIS OF THE REFERENCE STRUCTURE DEFINITION OF SUSTAINABILITY DESIGN PRIORITIES IDEAS GENERATION ORIENTED TO SUSTAINABILITY DEVELEPMENT OF THE SUSTAINABILITY DESIGN ORIENTING SCENARIO - VISIONS/CLUSTERS/IDEAS VISIONS, CLUSTERS AND IDEAS SELECTION SYSTEM CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT (EXECUTIVE LEVEL) A: priorities sustain. criteria/guidelines [tool: checklist/existing system] B: analysis of sustainab. best practices [tool: checklist/case study; radars] D:sustainab. improv. check/visualisat. [tool: checklist/concept; radars] C: sustainability-focused idea generation [tool: idea tables + guidelines]

23. SUSTAINABILITY DESIGN-ORIENTING (SDO) . downloadable from the tool section of www.lens.polimi.it for local installation . usable on-line at www.sdo-lens.polimi.it . open source and copy left (admin section to change and/or texts, e.g. criteria, guidelines, checklists, etc.) . languages on-line: english, italian, portughese, chinese, spanish TOOL AVAILABILITY:

24. AIMS: visualise (only) key interaction in relation to a specific aim, i.e. how the concept help achieve a given sustainability criteria WHAT IS: a clipping from an interaction story-board. It covers less and focuses better than a storyboard 2. INTERACTION (SUSTAINABILITY) STORY-SPOT

25. WHAT IT CONSISTS OF: it is a graphical representation containing: > the sequence of images accompanied with short texts , representing (in time) the key interactions of the solution > differentiated colors to identify each stakeholder (e.g. provider and client) > notes to highlight main achieved sustainability criteria INTERACTION (SUSTAINABILITY) STORY-SPOT

26. SUSTAINABILITY INTERACTION STORY-SPOT GREEN COLOR: CLIENT RED COLOR: PROVIDER

27. SUSTAINABILITY INTERACTION STORY-SPOT BACKGROUND COLOR SHORT TEXT STAKEHOLDER IDENTIFICATION IMAGE

28. SUSTAINABILITY INTERACTION STORY-SPOT DESCRITPION OF A SPECIFIC INTERACTION THAT LEADS TOWARDS THE IMPROVEMENT OF A GIVEN ENVIRONMENTAL CRITERIA DESCRITPION OF A SPECIFIC INTERACTION THAT LEADS TOWARDS THE IMPROVEMENT OF A GIVEN SOCIO-ETHICAL CRITERIA

29. open source library of images (places) www.lens.polimi.it /tool TOOL AVAILABILITY: SUSTAINABILITY INTERACTION STORY-SPOT

30. SUSTAINABILITY INTERACTION STORY-SPOT open source library of images (people) www.lens.polimi.it / tool TOOL AVAILABILITY:

31. Combine images to develop the visualszation: CONTEXT IMAGES PEOPLE IMAGES SUSTAINABILITY INTERACTION STORY-SPOT TOOL AVAILABILITY:

32. integration in the design process per each sustainability dimension increasing the detail level MULTIMEDIA REPORTING: STAINABILITY QUALITIES ENV, SOCIO-ET. & ECON. CHECK/VISUALISATION ENV, SOCIO-ET. & ECON. CHECK/VISUALISATION SUSTAINABILITY INTERACTION STORY-SPOT MULTIMEDIA REPORTING: OVERALL QUALITIES STRATEGIC ANALYSIS EXPLORING OPPORTUNITIES SYSTEM CONCEPT DESIGN SYSTEM DESIGN (AND ENGIN.) COMMUNICATION ANALYSIS OF THE PROJECT PROMOTERS ANALYSIS OF THE REFERENCE CONTEXT ANALYSIS OF BEST PRACTICES ANALYSIS OF THE REFERENCE STRUCTURE DEFINITION OF SUSTAINABILITY DESIGN PRIORITIES IDEAS GENERATION ORIENTED TO SUSTAINABILITY DEVELEPMENT OF THE SUSTAINABILITY DESIGN ORIENTING SCENARIO - VISIONS/CLUSTERS/IDEAS VISIONS, CLUSTERS AND IDEAS SELECTION SYSTEM CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT (EXECUTIVE LEVEL) visualise (only) key interactions underlining the achieved sustainability criteria