Circular By Design: Innovation, strategy and resource flows

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This course explains how and why product design and manufacturing play a strategic role in the transition to a Circular Economy. Explore examples and case studies demonstrating how firms and designers use circular design strategies to support multiple product life cycles.

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Circular By Design: Innovation, strategy and resource flows

Course Overview

Author: Dr. Alessio Franconi

What are the primary strategies for circular design? How can the designer determine which design strategies are appropriate for the product they need to create? How can design strategies be managed and integrated to achieve a consistent approach? 

This course strives to answer these questions to enhance the knowledge of those involved in product decision–making.

This course is divided into four sections:

  1. Introduction – Explore the distinction between technological and biological resource cycles.
  2. Circular Design Strategies – Key strategies to preserve or restore product value.
  3. Customers in the Circular Product Design– Key design solutions that may generate sustainable and circular user behaviours.
  4. Key takeaways

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What are the Learning Outcomes?

Knowledge and Understanding

Understanding the difference between circular design and sustainability design.
Describe different strategies for the Circular Economy for both technical and biological cycles.
Discuss and debate the most effective approach to the technological and biological cycles.
Discuss and debate the best strategic approach among many alternatives for different aspects of product design.
Understand different strategies and techniques for slowing, narrowing, and closing resource flows.
Understand the different strategies for a circular design for changing user behaviour.

Cognitive Skills

Compare strategies and techniques of circular design with real-world examples.
Critically analyze the possible strategies according to the different business models, processes and contexts that can help to achieve the circularity of the product.

Key Skills

Apply the information and concepts from this course to your project work and, if applicable, your job environment.
Contribute to the definition of product circularity at the product level in collaboration with all decision-makers throughout the supply chain.

Professional Skills 

Appropriate use of design terminology for the Circular Economy and related design fields.
Choosing and implementing the best approach for the user, product, and context.

What You Will Learn

What is circular design?
Design is a critical enabler of a Circular Economy that influences the entire value chain. The objective of circular design is to design products and services capable of having multiple life cycles.
Ending the lifecycle of products

Understanding and quantifying the number of cycles a product must complete is a critical first step toward achieving a Circular Economy.

Slowing resource flows
Slowing resource flow consists of creating products that make the best use of the resources and energy used in their production and lifespan, such as long-life goods and product life extensions. 
Explore different design strategies that may be used to reach these objectives.
Closing resource flows
Closing resource flow means designing for the reuse of the resources in new loops. 
Discover how to create innovative and regenerative systems through an awareness of the systems in which the product is recovered using various strategies.
How to use biological strategies?
While understanding how to create technological cycles is far more developed, knowledge of building biological cycles is still in its infancy. 
Explore several helpful insights that can help accelerate the shift to a design based on biological materials.
Narrowing resource flows
Narrow resource flow focuses on boosting resource efficiency by using fewer resources. 
Discover how implementing strategies that affect the whole supply chain can help create energy-efficient products.
How to design sustainable and circular behaviours?
When designing for the circular economy, it is vital to understand the relationship between the consumer and the product. 
Learn different strategies to influence and accomplish certain user behaviours and outcomes.
Takeaways

The Circular Economy is heavily reliant on design. Designers are required to reimagine centuries-old products, services, and business models for a better future. 
Explore a range of innovative methods to implement Circular Economy principles.

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Enrollment Information

Once you have enrolled, you will be given access to our Learning Management System.

You will be guided through the original content of the course with dynamic, rich, enjoyable, narrated, and easy-to-understand content. 

  • The course is divided into easily navigated sections.
  • Each section is followed by non-graded “knowledge check questions” to help you ensure that you successfully assimilated the content.
  • You can go back and view the content as often as you like.
  • The course must be validated within two (2) weeks after the initial registration.

When you reach the end of the course, you will be awarded the Certificate of Completion.

“One of the biggest obstacles to fully implementing the Circular Economy is the overwhelming intricacy of the concept. The only way to make sense of this complexity is to bring more eyes to it. Join a group of people who share your vision of a more ecological future and help educate you with the knowledge and experience to make the shift to a Circular Economy. Register now and begin making a difference!”
Dr. Alessio Franconi – Author
Circular By Design: Innovation, strategy and resource flows
Circular Industry 4.0: Redesigning the future.

“One of the biggest obstacles to fully implementing the Circular Economy is the overwhelming intricacy of the concept. The only way to make sense of this complexity is to bring more eyes to it. Join a group of people who share your vision of a more ecological future and help educate you with the knowledge and experience to make the shift to a Circular Economy. Register now and begin making a difference!”

Dr. Alessio Franconi – Author
Circular By Design: Innovation, strategy and resource flows
Circular Industry 4.0: Redesigning the future.

How You Will Learn

Interactive training sessions

Knowledge check questions

Case studies / Best practices

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Exposure to a network of experts

Be part of a community

Explore cutting edge research

Exposure to a network of experts

Be part of a community

Explore cutting edge research

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This Course in a Bundle

Circular Economy Specialist (High-Mastery)

Gain highly- specialized insights to drive industry change, advance your career and become a renowned expert in your field.

1,085.00  + VAT (if applicable)

12 courses

Total dedicated effort required: 45 hours *

 

Circular Economy Manager (Advanced)

Gain expertise that goes beyond the basics to offer in-depth knowledge of circular economy principles and applications.

745.00  + VAT (if applicable)

8 courses

Total dedicated effort required: 30 hours *

 

Circular Economy Professionals (Foundational)

Get an in-depth, comprehensive overview of foundational Circular Economy principles to get familiar with industry concepts.

385.00  + VAT (if applicable)

4 courses

Total dedicated effort required: 16 hours *

Circular Economy Specialist (High-Mastery)

Gain highly- specialized insights to drive industry change, advance your career and become a renowned expert in your field.

1,085.00  + VAT (if applicable)

12 courses

Total dedicated effort required: 45 hours *

 

Circular Economy Manager (Advanced)

Gain expertise that goes beyond the basics to offer in-depth knowledge of circular economy principles and applications.

745.00  + VAT (if applicable)

8 courses

Total dedicated effort required: 30 hours *

 

Circular Economy Professionals (Foundational)

Get an in-depth, comprehensive overview of foundational Circular Economy principles to get familiar with industry concepts.

385.00  + VAT (if applicable)

4 courses

Total dedicated effort required: 16 hours *

* Depending on the level of experience and pace the learner is willing to invest in the learning journey.