Systemic Design in Energy sector: theory and case studies

In the light of the growing concern about climate change, an important part of resource exploitation from industrial society is connected to energy use. Integration of companies through material and energy exchanges lead to a more efficient use of resources as well as financial, social and environmental benefits for the local entities involved, as Systemic Design approach proves. This research analyzes seven best-practices in Sweden, which since the Eighties realizes green energy plants, to understand key-drivers and barriers. Research coordinators can facilitate the creation of self-sustaining network of companie

Packaging e sostenibilità ambientale

Componenti, materiali, funzionalità, usi e riusi. Ottimizzazione dell'imballo ecologic

Spreading the eco-challenges through the graphic design contests

In the wide panorama of social and environmental communication the graphic design contests plays an important role, especially for the experimentations in techniques and languages. This paper aims to give a global overview of this kind of contest that find their large diffusion in the last ten years and then analyze their results in order to define some common guidelines. The conclusion is a very fragmented situation with a high component of innovation and an increasing quality of languages used for the social and environmental communication

Building skins as open border between building and territory

The Systemic Approach sets out the basis for the acquisition of a new awareness based on collaboration and integration among elements and actors of the system. The systemic thinking helps to open the boundaries of the building, focusing the study on its qualitative and quantitative aspects and pointing out exchanges with the context to reach the overall purpose of wisely using the available resources and minimizing the environmental impact