GRN 6090 - Sustainable Products, Services and Operations

(4 units)

This course reviews product design and production activities, service operations, and facility management and their impacts on the local and global environment. Students will learn design principles and practices, review common production technologies and processes, practice process mapping (flow diagramming), develop material balances, and review pollution prevention practices. Emphasis is placed on resource conservation, consumer satisfaction and health, integrated systems of material use and reuse in industrial ecology, and sustainability principles involved in facilities management, production and services. The course also reviews ergonomics and safety, improved productivity and health, and the opportunities and implications of substituting services for ownership. This course includes case studies, design projects, labs, and experiments. It is also designed to help students rediscover their creativity and ability to find new solutions to complex problems.
(San Diego)