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Sustainability + Social Innovation
  • Pulse™ Energy On Re-Educating Your Market Pulse™ Energy On Re-Educating Your Market Interviewer: Haig Armen, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Design + Dynamic Media Interviewees: Kara Pecknold, MAA 2009 graduate from the design stream, & Chris Stone, principal of SeaStone Designs. The Back Story What does energy consumption look like? Or, for that matter, what does energy conservation look like? If you’ve […] Kara Pecknold, Chris Stone and Haig Armen No responses May 8, 2011
  • Case Study: Powertech – Service Oriented Strategies for Sustainability This morning, I spent two dollars on a coffee and put 834 grams of carbon into the atmosphere. That’s 417 grams per dollar, according to us carbon intensity data (us Energy). In our resource-based economy, it should come as no surprise that this can be measured, and certainly no surprise that our spending habits have […] Louise St. Pierre No responses April 28, 2011
  • Designing for Air Awareness: Mediating User-Centered Design and Technology Abstract This paper examines the generative design process of a “smart” vest embedded with sensor technologies for air quality analysis and data visualization. By reframing our knowledge of air safety in industrial and agrarian contexts, my co-designer and I generated human-centered design relevant to everyday air quality issues. Pairing contemporary themes of reality mediation with […] Genevieve Mateyko No responses April 25, 2011
  • Rest + Recharge: Long Distance Travel Using Electric Vehicles Across Canada Rest + Recharge is a collaboration between Emily Carr University of Art + Design (ECUAD) students Amanda Klassen, Ada Chiu and Kevin Tsuyuki Tomlinson, and Powertech®, a company specializing in clean energy consulting, testing, and solutions. Electric vehicles (EV) can be recharged from a standard wall socket (12o Volt); they are generally viewed as a […] Amanda Klassen No responses April 25, 2011

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