This paper presents the finding of a research investigation into how sustainable objectives can be incorporated into a design brief. It is based upon the development and trial of a pack of Eco-Design Cards. The initiation of the research was a feeling that some of the strategies, tools and processes within Eco-Design are cumbersome and inappropriate. That is, they are data intensive and rely on...

1. School for Engineering of Transport, Matter and Energy, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287 2. School of Sustainable Engineering and The Built Environment, Arizona State University Tempe, AZ 85287 3. University of the District of Columbia, Washington, DC 4. Material Measurement Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899 5. Department of Mechanica...

Livestock manures are an important resource in sustainable and organic crop production. This publication addresses the problems and challenges of using both raw and composted manures and discusses some of the solutions. It also deals with guano, a similar material. Manures for Organic

Earth-abundant sustainable inorganic thin-film solar cells, independent of precious elements, pivot on a marginal material phase space targeting specific compounds. Advanced materials characterization efforts are necessary to expose the roles of microstructure, chemistry, and interfaces. Herein, the earth-abundant solar cell device, Cu2ZnSnS(4-x)Se x , is reported, which shows a high abundance ...