The Green Product Design Network
Collaborating to invent sustainable solutions.
Department: Architecture
Title: Assistant Professor
Address: University of Oregon
Eugene, OR
Phone: (541) 346-1439
Email: moore2@uoregon.edu
INVITATION: Lecture and Networking Event
Life Cycle Assessment for Product Design: Building Products and Materials
Tuesday, April 24th
5:30-8:00 pm
White Stag Block Event Room, 70 NW Couch St., Portland
Green Product Design Network members are invited to hear about current issues in environmental life cycle assessment (LCA) for building products and materials from Philip White, Industrial Design, Arizona State University. Introductions, food and conversation to follow.
Guests are invited to submit a slide to introduce their product, company, research topic, or research need following the lecture. This is a chance for companies with an interest in performing an LCA or using LCA to evaluate products or supply chain to connect to folks with complementary needs or resources to offer. Our hope is that all attendees will gain some new knowledge about LCA in design, manufacturing, and marketing and will make connections with others in the LCA and building products communities.
This event is hosted by the University of Oregon Green Product Design Network with support from Oregon BEST and PDX Design Forum.
RSVP: Theresa Sterkel, UO Product Design pdinfo@uoregon.edu
Please submit a slide (.ppt) by email by April 20th
Questions: Erin Moore, UO Architecture, moore2@uoregon.edu
Kiersten Muenchinger, UO Product Design, kiersten@uoregon.edu
Hosts: University of Oregon Green Product Design Network
Oregon BEST
PDX Design Forum
Guest: Philip White is an ecological design strategist who develops ecologically intelligent products and systems. He chairs the Ecodesign Section of the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) where he established a partnership between IDSA and the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). He organized the development of the Okala Ecological Design Curriculum that is used by more than 40 schools of product design in North America. Dr. White advises on impact assessment methodology to the Sustainable Products Purchasers Coalition, is an active member of the LifeCycle Initiative of the United Nations Environmental Programme, and holds 14 patents.
LCA Public Presentations - Your are Invited to Join Us
You are invited to join us for the following public presentations offered as part of Prof. Erin Moore's graduate seminar "Introduction to Lifecycle Assessment for Design" in the UO Architecture Department:
Monday, April 4th, 5:30 pm, Lawrence 206, UO Campus Eugene, Oregon
Speaker: Jordan Palmeri, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
Topic: Residential Buildings: An Evaluation of Waste Prevention Practices Using Lifecycle Analysis
Monday, April 11th, 12:00pm Lawrence 206, UO Campus, Eugene, Oregon
Speaker: Laurel McEwan, Earthshift (telecast)
Topic: Education and certification in the practice of life cycle assessment or LCA management.
Wednesday, April 20th, 5:30pm, Lawrence 279, UO Campus, Eugene, Oregon
Speaker: Steve Baer, Five Winds International/PE Americas
Topic: LCA in US green building certification.
Monday, April 25th, 5:30pm Lawrence 206, UO Campus, Eugene, Oregon
Speaker: Sean Penrith, Executive Director, Earth Advantage
Topic: Measuring carbon in the building industry
If you have questions, please contact, Erin Moore, Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture
Email: moore2@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1439
Life Cycle Assessment/Thinking Mixer
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
University of Oregon Campus
For more information
LCA Mixer Contact Sheet (PDF)
Important Conferences
Nov. 2-4, 2010, Portland, Oregon
LCA X: Bridging Science, Policy, and the Public
Useful Links
Earthshift Newsletter about UO Architecture LCA curriculum
UW’s Carbon Leadership Forum
Kate Simonen founded this Lifecycle Assessment academic/industry group and is a great interinstitutional connection.
This group does not have any discussions yet.
Comment
http://www.triplepundit.com/2011/02/outdoor-industrys-eco-index-gam...
This is a good article describing the current efforts of the Eco Index tool ... the standardization of performance metrics and the creation of a common language within the industry to help businesses make wiser decisions and influence their supply chain. Today, the tool is inward facing but there seems to be increasing conversation and progression towards a consumer label like Energy Star.
I was reading through this "Design for Reuse" document by Public Architecture and thought it might also interest a number of you all. There are some interesting case studies included. The document was too large to attach, but here is the link:
http://www.publicarchitecture.org/design/Design_for_Reuse_Primer.htm
I wanted to draw your attention to an interesting article published in Environmental Science & Technology this fall entitled Sustainability Metrics: Life Cycle Assessment and Green Design in Polymers. In addition to providing a robust comparison of seven petroleum and four plant-based polymers, the study also discusses the role of green chemistry in the design of polymers.
Journal Reference: Michaelangelo D. Tabone, James J. Cregg, Eric J. Beckman, Amy E. Landis. Sustainability Metrics: Life Cycle Assessment and Green Design in Polymers. Environmental Science & Technology, 2010; : 100924123806089 DOI: 10.1021/es101640n
(from Science Daily, October 25, 2010) http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/10/101021104741.htm
Plant-Based Plastics Not Necessarily Greener Than Oil-Based Relatives, Researchers Find
ScienceDaily (Oct. 25, 2010) — An analysis of plant and petroleum-derived plastics by University of Pittsburgh researchers suggests that biopolymers are not necessarily better for the environment than their petroleum-based relatives, according to a report in Environmental Science & Technology. The Pitt team found that while biopolymers are the more eco-friendly material, traditional plastics can be less environmentally taxing to produce. (to read more... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/10/101021104741.htm)
© 2018 Created by Julie Haack.
Powered by
You need to be a member of Life Cycle Working Group to add comments!