A Sustainability Investigation of a Product or Process

Description of the Scope of Product or Process

1.Introduction : (suggested length: 150 words) Using one or two short paragraphs, state the product or process you have selected and briefly explain the purpose of your report.

2.Description of the scope of product or process  (suggested length: 300 words) Give an overview of the scope of your product or process, its main design features, its market situation and your sustainable development concerns  Framing of Product or

3.System in a Sustainable Development Context  (suggested length: 500-600 words) Summarize the attitudes of the stakeholders in your product or process. The stakeholders might include consumers/users, retailers, manufacturers, any relevant pressure groups, government, and regulators. You should only consider the groups relevant to your product or process

4. Description of the life cycle of the product or process  (suggested length: 200 words) Using the examples given in lectures as a guide, describe the life cycle of your product or process. You might choose to use a cradle-to-grave diagram to help with your description. 
5. Matrix of Life Cycle Stases and Sustainable Development Impacts  Using the examples given in lectures as a guide,

• create a matrix of the life cycle stages and the sustainable development impacts. In the table, the minimum font size should be Arial 9pt.

• rate the impact of the sustainability issues. 
6. Desien Opportunities (suggested length: 450 words total) Identify three design opportunities that would improve the sustainability of your chosen product or process. Describe each of your design improvements using 150 words or less, as indicated below. As part of your description, you should explain the likelihood of this design opportunity being successful. 
7. Summary  (suggested length: 150 words total) In a few short paragraphs, summarise the main points of your sustainability investigation.

Criteria (weighting) Indicative characteristics Adequate / pass Very good / Excellent Content (60%)

• Appropriate content in each section

•  Life cycle description including diagram

• Table of sustainability issues including ratings

• Suggestions for improvements

• Contains appropriate content in most sections

• Contains some justification for the content in each section, using references

• Contains appropriate content in all sections

• Contains justification for the content in each section, using an extensive set of references that cover all aspects of the product Report structure (30%)

• Completeness, in terms of required information and required figures

• Text written to the suggested word limits

• Appropriate referencing

• Professional format

• Contains all sections and all required figures

• Some text in each section

• Satisfactory referencing style

• A report style that is clear to the reader

• Contains all sections and all required figures

• Each section contains text written to the suggested word limits

• IEEE style of referencing used in the text and in the list of references.

 

• A professional report style including clear headings, figure and table captions, and page numbers English language and expression

• Standard of written English

• Text whose meaning can be clearly understood

• Text whose meaning can be clearly understood 
• Appropriate referencing

• Professional format style

• A report style that is clear to the reader 
• IEEE style of referencing used in the text and in the list of references 
• A professional report style including clear headings, figure and table captions, and page numbers English language and expression.