# System Design For Sustainability

- Institution: IIT Guwahati
- Department: Engineering Design
- Teacher: Prof. Sharmistha Banerjee
- Level: Graduate
- Language: English
- Subjects: Engineering, Art, architecture and design
- Source: [NPTEL](https://nptel.ac.in/courses/107103081)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-SA](https://nptel.ac.in/faq) (Non-commercial use only.)
- Syllabus: [at the source](https://nptel.ac.in/courses/107103081)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Design for Sustainability is a design thinking process for widening the boundaries of the objective of design so as to contribute positively to sustainable development. It encompasses four approaches: 1. Selection of resources with low environmental impact; 2. Design of products with low environmental impact; 3. Product-Service System Design for eco-efficiency; 4. Design for social equity and cohesion. This course will discuss these Design approaches, methods and tools alongwith case examples

Intended audience: Bdes (final year) and Mdes students

Prerequisites: Prefered courses but not mandatory - System Design

## Lectures

1. [Lec 1: Sustainability and Sustainable Development - Understanding Un-sustainability and need for Sustainability](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/107103081/0d8891202b34) (YouTube)
2. [Lec 2: Sustainability and Sustainable Development - Definitions](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/107103081/ed4757a86f10) (YouTube)
3. [Lec 3: Sustainability and Sustainable Development - Pathway](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/107103081/3c637188d5e5) (YouTube)
4. [Lec 4: Systems Approach to Design](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/107103081/251e498e2ada) (YouTube)
5. [Lec 1: Evolution of sustainability in design.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/107103081/7c2feeaf9660) (YouTube)
6. [Lec 2: Diverse Approaches to Design for Sustainability (Part A)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/107103081/7207b52089b2) (YouTube)
7. [Lec 3: Diverse Approaches to Design for Sustainability (Part B)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/107103081/592cd08c8994) (YouTube)
8. [Lec 1: Relationship between approaches to Design for Sustainability and the application context](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/107103081/421c8a47f7a5) (YouTube)
9. [Lec 2: Product Life Cycle Design – Methods & Strategies](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/107103081/ecb7882a6754) (YouTube)
10. [Lec 3: Product Life Cycle Assessment (Part A)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/107103081/3a1825e2dc8c) (YouTube)
11. [Lec 1: Product Life Cycle Assessment (Part B)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/107103081/b99fe5fa943a) (YouTube)
12. [Lec 2: Life Cycle Assessment using Software](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/107103081/87940d3a3db8) (YouTube)
13. [Lec 3: Design for Product Life Cycle](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/107103081/0a33d912a0fb) (YouTube)
14. [Lec 1: Product-Service System Design – Definition and types](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/107103081/2d3afbfd1776) (YouTube)
15. [Lec 2: Sustainable Product-Service System Design – Definition & Examples](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/107103081/db3679414799) (YouTube)
16. [Lec 3: Sustainable Product-Service System Design – Examples](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/107103081/30d7825e6593) (YouTube)
17. [Lec 4: Khadi Movement as a precursor to PSS thinking](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/107103081/07d0ede2556b) (YouTube)
18. [Lec 1: Sustainable Product-Service System Design – Transition Paths, Strategy and Challenges](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/107103081/4bcc8cab1ee5) (YouTube)
19. [Lec 2: Sustainable Product-Service System Design – Methods and Tools (Part A)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/107103081/9da8b676cde8) (YouTube)
20. [Lec 3: Sustainable Product-Service System Design – Methods and Tools (Part B)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/107103081/4efc7ec820d1) (YouTube)
21. [Lec 1: Sustainable Product-Service System Design – Methods and Tools (Part C)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/107103081/212662f59bb5) (YouTube)
22. [Lec 2: Sustainable Product-Service System Design – Methods and Tools (Part D)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/107103081/893d61a91139) (YouTube)
23. [Lec 1: Sustainable Product-Service System Design – Methods and Tools (Part E)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/107103081/08ba8400742e) (YouTube)
24. [Lec 2 : Sustainable Product-Service System Design – Methods and Tools (Part F)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/107103081/2277b3087832) (YouTube)
25. [Lec 1: Sustainable Product-Service System Design – Methods and Tools (Part G)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/107103081/f729fceb4458) (YouTube)
26. [Lec 2: Sustainable Product-Service System Design – Methods and Tools (Summary)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/107103081/0d1252c3a896) (YouTube)
27. [Lec 3: Sufficiency Economy Philosophy applied to Sustainable PSS Thinking](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/107103081/19666effc99e) (YouTube)
28. [Lec 4: LCA of PSS](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/107103081/ef07a02975ef) (YouTube)
29. [Lec 1: Sustainable Product-Service System Design Applied to Distributed Economy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/107103081/4dfff338d5d4) (YouTube)
30. [Lec 2: Other Design for Sustainability Tools and approaches - Architecture](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/107103081/b0b06b4088cd) (YouTube)
31. [Lec 3: Other Design for Sustainability Tools and approaches - Agriculture](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/107103081/a6ac0a398cf5) (YouTube)
32. [Lec 1: Other Design for Sustainability Tools and approaches - Cities and communities](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/107103081/e0b94bd78ab2) (YouTube)
33. [Lec 2: Other Design for Sustainability Tools and approaches - Carbon Footprint](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/107103081/806d5d9aaa6a) (YouTube)
34. [Lec 3: Co-design Session](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/107103081/fdfbb44ac0bb) (YouTube)
35. [Lec 1: Design for Sustainability – Engineering Design Criteria and Guidelines](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/107103081/e05f4dd0474a) (YouTube)
36. [Lec 2: Design for Sustainability – Engineering Design Criteria and Guidelines (ICS Toolkit)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/107103081/5d0a5e408d44) (YouTube)
37. [Lec 3: Design for Sustainability – Concluding Lecture (Part A)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/107103081/6f37ec22be3a) (YouTube)
38. [Lec 4: Design for Sustainability – Concluding Lecture (Part B)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/107103081/48e81760c9bd) (YouTube)