1. Carlo Vezzoli
Politecnico di Milano / DESIGN dept. / DIS / School of Design / Italy
course System Design for Sustainability
Subject 6. Methods and tools for System Design for Sustainability
learning resource 6.1
MSDS Method for System Design for
Sustainability
carlo vezzoli
politecnico di milano . DESIGN dept. . DIS . School of Design . Italy
Learning Network on Sustainability (EU asia-link)
Learning Network on Sustainabile energy systems (EU edulink)

2. Carlo Vezzoli
Politecnico di Milano / DESIGN dept. / DIS / School of Design / Italy
CONTENTS
. a resume of System Design for Sustainability
. MSDS: objectives, approach and phases
. MSDS: main tools
. overview of the MSDS method

3. Carlo Vezzoli
Politecnico di Milano / DESIGN dept. / DIS / School of Design / Italy
SYSTEM DESIGN FOR USTAINABILITY:
A DEFINITION
“the design of the system of products
and services that are together able to
fulfil a particular customer demand
(deliver a “unit of satisfaction”) based on
the design of innovative interactions of
the stakeholders (directly and indirectly
linked to that “satisfaction” system)
where the economic and competitive
interest of the providers continuously
seeks both environmentally and socio-
ethically beneficial new solutions”
[Vezzoli et al. 2014]

4. Carlo Vezzoli
Politecnico di Milano / DESIGN dept. / DIS / School of Design / Italy
A. “SATISFACTION-SYSTEM” APPROACH
design the satisfaction of a particular demand
(satisfaction unit) and all its related products and
services
B. “STAKEHOLDER CONFIGURATION” APPROACH
design the interactions of the stakeholder of a
particular satisfaction-system
C. “SYSTEM SUSTAINABILITY” APPROACH
design such a stakeholder interactions (offer
model) that for economic and competitive
reasons continuously seek after environmentally
and socio-ethical new beneficial solutions
SYSTEM DESIGN FOR SUSTAINABILITY:
APPROACHES/SKILLS

5. Carlo Vezzoli
Politecnico di Milano / DESIGN dept. / DIS / School of Design / Italy
SCOPE: support design
processes for the development
of sustainable PSS, adaptable to
specific design requirements
and usable in existing design
processes
USERS: designer, design office,
designer within a company
TOOLS: free to download at
www.lens.polimi.it
MSDS: Method for System Design for Sustainability
…
STRATEGIC ANALYSIS
ANALYSIS OF THE PROJECT PROMOTERS
ANALYSIS OF THE REFERENCE CONTEXT
ANALYSIS OF BEST PRACTICES
ANALYSIS OF THE REFERENCE STRUCTURE
SUSTAINABILITY ANALYSIS PRIORITIES DEFINITION
ANALYSIS OF THE CONTEXT ENERGY ACCESS
EXPLORING OPPORTUNITIES
IDEAS GENERATION ORIENTED TO SUSTAINABILITY
DEVELEPMENT OF THE SUSTAINABILITY DESIGN
ORIENTING SCENARIO - VISIONS/CLUSTERS/IDEAS
IDEAS GENERATION ORIENTED TO ENERGY FOR ALL
COMMUNICATION
MULTIMEDIA REPORTING: OVERALL QUALITIES
MULTIMEDIA REPORTING: STAINABILITY QUALITIES
SYSTEM DESIGN (AND ENGIN.)
SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT (EXECUTIVE LEVEL)
ENV, SOCIO-ET. & ECON. CHECK/VISUALISATION
DRE SYSTEM EVALUATION/VISUALISATION
DRE DEVELOPMENT (EXECUTIVE LEVEL)
SYSTEM CONCEPT DESIGN
VISIONS, CLUSTERS AND IDEAS SELECTION
SYSTEM CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT
ENV, SOCIO-ET. & ECON. CHECK/VISUALISATION
DRE SYSTEM CONCEPT DESIGN
DRE SYSTEM CONCEPT EVALUATION
MSDS PHASES/PROCESSES
EU funded project, Asia-link programme

6. Carlo Vezzoli
Politecnico di Milano / DESIGN dept. / DIS / School of Design / Italy
MSDS: PHASES OBJECTIVES
Gaining the information needed to
facilitate the generation of sustainable
PSS ideas and scenarios for sustainable
system innovations
Producing a “catalogue” of promising
sustainable PSS ideas and a
sustainability design-orienting sceanario
Defining and designing one or more PSS
concept potentially sustainable
Developing the most promising sustainable
PSS concept into a detailed version
necessariy to its implementation
Producing the documents for the external
communication of the PSS characteristics
(general and the sustainability ones)
STRATEGIC ANALYSIS
ANALYSIS OF THE PROJECT PROMOTERS
ANALYSIS OF THE REFERENCE CONTEXT
ANALYSIS OF BEST PRACTICES
ANALYSIS OF THE REFERENCE STRUCTURE
SUSTAINABILITY ANALYSIS PRIORITIES DEFINITION
ANALYSIS OF THE CONTEXT ENERGY ACCESS
EXPLORING OPPORTUNITIES
IDEAS GENERATION ORIENTED TO SUSTAINABILITY
DEVELEPMENT OF THE SUSTAINABILITY DESIGN
ORIENTING SCENARIO - VISIONS/CLUSTERS/IDEAS
IDEAS GENERATION ORIENTED TO ENERGY FOR ALL
COMMUNICATION
MULTIMEDIA REPORTING: OVERALL QUALITIES
MULTIMEDIA REPORTING: STAINABILITY QUALITIES
SYSTEM DESIGN (AND ENGIN.)
SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT (EXECUTIVE LEVEL)
ENV, SOCIO-ET. & ECON. CHECK/VISUALISATION
DRE SYSTEM EVALUATION/VISUALISATION
DRE DEVELOPMENT (EXECUTIVE LEVEL)
SYSTEM CONCEPT DESIGN
VISIONS, CLUSTERS AND IDEAS SELECTION
SYSTEM CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT
ENV, SOCIO-ET. & ECON. CHECK/VISUALISATION
DRE SYSTEM CONCEPT DESIGN
DRE SYSTEM CONCEPT EVALUATION

7. Carlo Vezzoli
Politecnico di Milano / DESIGN dept. / DIS / School of Design / Italy
MODULAR METHOD:
1. enabling to START up
at any process of any
phase
2. enabling to use a
SELECTED set of
processes and tools
3. enabling to work on
one, two or all the
sustainability
DIMENSIONS
MSDS: MODULAR APPROACH
STRATEGIC ANALYSIS
ANALYSIS OF THE PROJECT PROMOTERS
ANALYSIS OF THE REFERENCE CONTEXT
ANALYSIS OF BEST PRACTICES
ANALYSIS OF THE REFERENCE STRUCTURE
SUSTAINABILITY ANALYSIS PRIORITIES DEFINITION
ANALYSIS OF THE CONTEXT ENERGY ACCESS
EXPLORING OPPORTUNITIES
IDEAS GENERATION ORIENTED TO SUSTAINABILITY
DEVELEPMENT OF THE SUSTAINABILITY DESIGN
ORIENTING SCENARIO - VISIONS/CLUSTERS/IDEAS
IDEAS GENERATION ORIENTED TO ENERGY FOR ALL
COMMUNICATION
MULTIMEDIA REPORTING: OVERALL QUALITIES
MULTIMEDIA REPORTING: STAINABILITY QUALITIES
SYSTEM DESIGN (AND ENGIN.)
SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT (EXECUTIVE LEVEL)
ENV, SOCIO-ET. & ECON. CHECK/VISUALISATION
DRE SYSTEM EVALUATION/VISUALISATION
DRE DEVELOPMENT (EXECUTIVE LEVEL)
SYSTEM CONCEPT DESIGN
VISIONS, CLUSTERS AND IDEAS SELECTION
SYSTEM CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT
ENV, SOCIO-ET. & ECON. CHECK/VISUALISATION
DRE SYSTEM CONCEPT DESIGN
DRE SYSTEM CONCEPT EVALUATION

8. Carlo Vezzoli
Politecnico di Milano / DESIGN dept. / DIS / School of Design / Italy
1. Sustainability Design-Orienting toolkit (SDO)
2. sustainability interaction story-spot
3. system map
4. interaction table / story-board
5. satisfaction offering diagram
6. stakeholder motivation matrix
7. solution element brief
8. Sustainability Design-Orienting Scenario on S.PSS&DRE
9. Sustainable energy4all idea tables (SDO)
10. Energy load/need & production potential form
10.a EUP power consumption database
10.b PVGIS (solar photovoltaic energy calculator)
11.c SWERA (Solar and Wind Energy Resource Assessment)
10.d CBE (Coach Bio Energy)
10.e World energy council database
11. HOMER Hybrid Optimization of Multiple Energy Resources (DRE design)
12. Life Cycle Assessment (for DRE)
MSDS MAIN TOOLS:
LEGENDA
sustainability-orienting system design tools
system design tools
energy4all-orienting system design tools

9. Carlo Vezzoli
Politecnico di Milano / DESIGN dept. / DIS / School of Design / Italy
1. SUSTAINABILITY DESIGN-ORIENTING (SDO)
to orientate system
design process
towards sustainable
solutions
(environmental, socio-
ethical, economic)
www.lens-sdo.polimi.it

10. Carlo Vezzoli
Politecnico di Milano / DESIGN dept. / DIS / School of Design / Italy
2. SUSTAINABILITY INTERACTION STORY-SPOT
(could be animated)
to visualise (only)
key interactions in
relation to
achieved criteria
of sustainability
(environmental,
socio-ethical,
economic)

11. Carlo Vezzoli
Politecnico di Milano / DESIGN dept. / DIS / School of Design / Italy
3. SYSTEM MAP
(could be animated)
to visualise (design
and co-design) the
configuration of the
system, describing
actors involved and
their interactions

12. Carlo Vezzoli
Politecnico di Milano / DESIGN dept. / DIS / School of Design / Italy
4. INTERACTION TABLE and STORY-BOARD
(could be animated)
to visualise
(design and co-
design) the
functioning of the
system in time:
the narratives
(stories) of the
front-desk (with
the clients) and
back-stage
interactions
(between other
stakeholders)
INTERACTION TABLE
INTERACTION STORY-BOARD

13. Carlo Vezzoli
Politecnico di Milano / DESIGN dept. / DIS / School of Design / Italy
5. SATISFACTION OFFERING DIAGRAM
to visualise
(design and co-
design) the unit
of satisfaction
offered by the
system, and how
this is delivered
to the
user/customer

14. Carlo Vezzoli
Politecnico di Milano / DESIGN dept. / DIS / School of Design / Italy
6. STAKEHOLDERS MOTIVATION MATRIX
to visualise
(identify) the
motivations that
actors have in
being involved in
the system

15. Carlo Vezzoli
Politecnico di Milano / DESIGN dept. / DIS / School of Design / Italy
7. SOLUTION ELEMENT BRIEF
to visualise
(identify) the
elements
(products,
services, labour)
needed to the
system, and who,
among the system
stakeholders, has
to design/
produce/deliver
such elements

16. Carlo Vezzoli
Politecnico di Milano / DESIGN dept. / DIS / School of Design / Italy
to inspire energy for all
ideas generation and
help select and cluster
ideas for concept
generation
8. SUSTAINABILTY DESIGN-ORIENTING SCENARIO ON S.PSS&DRE

17. Carlo Vezzoli
Politecnico di Milano / DESIGN dept. / DIS / School of Design / Italy
9. SUS. ENERGY4ALL IDEA TABLES (6 CRITERIA AND GUIDELINESS)
(SUSTAINABILITY DESIGN-ORIENTING / ORIENTATE CONCEPT)
to orientate system
idea generation design
process towards
sustainable energy for
all S.PSS-based
solutions
www.sdo-lenses.polimi.it

18. Carlo Vezzoli
Politecnico di Milano / DESIGN dept. / DIS / School of Design / Italy
to estimate the:
. total energy load
of the system (link
to EUPs
consumption
database) and
. requested
characteristics of
the DRE system
(sources and power)
to source the load
(link to DRE
calculators)
10. ENERGY LOAD/NEED & PRODUCTION POTENTIAL
FORM

19. Carlo Vezzoli
Politecnico di Milano / DESIGN dept. / DIS / School of Design / Italy
10.a EUP POWER CONSUMPTION DATABASE
to estimate watt
consumption of
different Energy
Using Products
(EUP)
http://visualization.geblogs.com/visualization/appliances/

20. Carlo Vezzoli
Politecnico di Milano / DESIGN dept. / DIS / School of Design / Italy
10.b PVGIS (solar photovoltaic energy calculator)
to estimate solar
energy production
potential in the
design context
to design/size the
solar photovoltaic
system
http://re.jrc.ec.europa.eu/pvgis/

21. Carlo Vezzoli
Politecnico di Milano / DESIGN dept. / DIS / School of Design / Italy
10.c SWERA (Solar and Wind Energy Resource
Assessment)
to
estimate/visualize
local map of wind
energy (and solar)
availability and
potential
http://en.openei.org/wiki/SWERA

22. Carlo Vezzoli
Politecnico di Milano / DESIGN dept. / DIS / School of Design / Italy
10.d CBA (Coach Bio Energy)
to estimate the
energy potential of
biomass technologies
http://www.coach-bioenergy.eu/en/cbe-offers-services/technology-
descriptions-and-tools/tools.html

23. Carlo Vezzoli
Politecnico di Milano / DESIGN dept. / DIS / School of Design / Italy
10.c WORLD ENERGY COUNCIL DATABASE
to estimate/visualize
the electricity
consumption pro-
capite of households in
the design region and
make a comparison
with other
region/country
http://www.worldenergy.org/data/efficiency-indicators/

24. Carlo Vezzoli
Politecnico di Milano / DESIGN dept. / DIS / School of Design / Italy
11. HOMER - Hybrid Optimization of Multiple Energy
Resources
to design and optimize
the DRE system
http://www.homerenergy.com

25. Carlo Vezzoli
Politecnico di Milano / DESIGN dept. / DIS / School of Design / Italy
12. LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT
To check/evaluate
the environmental
impact of the DRE
designed system
openLCA: free tool to
conduct a
environmental impact
assessment
http://www.openlca.org
LCA to go: tool to
conduct simplified
environmental
assessment of a PV
system
http://www.lca2go.eu

26. Carlo Vezzoli
Politecnico di Milano / DESIGN dept. / DIS / School of Design / Italy
OVERVIEW OF THE MSDS METHOD

27. Carlo Vezzoli
Politecnico di Milano / DESIGN dept. / DIS / School of Design / Italy
STRATEGIC ANALYSIS
ANALYSIS OF THE PROJECT PROMOTERS
ANALYSIS OF THE REFERENCE CONTEXT
ANALYSIS OF BEST PRACTICES
ANALYSIS OF THE REFERENCE STRUCTURE
SUSTAINABILITY ANALYSIS PRIORITIES DEFINITION
ANALYSIS OF THE CONTEXT ENERGY ACCESS
EXPLORING OPPORTUNITIES
IDEAS GENERATION ORIENTED TO SUSTAINABILITY
DEVELEPMENT OF THE SUSTAINABILITY DESIGN
ORIENTING SCENARIO - VISIONS/CLUSTERS/IDEAS
IDEAS GENERATION ORIENTED TO ENERGY FOR ALL
COMMUNICATION
MULTIMEDIA REPORTING: OVERALL QUALITIES
MULTIMEDIA REPORTING: STAINABILITY QUALITIES
SYSTEM DESIGN (AND ENGIN.)
SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT (EXECUTIVE LEVEL)
ENV, SOCIO-ET. & ECON. CHECK/VISUALISATION
DRE SYSTEM EVALUATION/VISUALISATION
DRE DEVELOPMENT (EXECUTIVE LEVEL)
SYSTEM CONCEPT DESIGN
VISIONS, CLUSTERS AND IDEAS SELECTION
SYSTEM CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT
ENV, SOCIO-ET. & ECON. CHECK/VISUALISATION
DRE SYSTEM CONCEPT DESIGN
DRE SYSTEM CONCEPT EVALUATION
STRATEGIC ANALISYS
sustainability analysis of
existing system and design
priorities definition
Analysis of the context energy access
ENERGY
ACCESS
RENEWABLE
ENERGY
AVAILABILITY/
POTENTIAL

28. Carlo Vezzoli
Politecnico di Milano / DESIGN dept. / DIS / School of Design / Italy
. ENVIRONMENTAL/SUSTAINABILITY PRIORITIES DEFINITION
. tool: SUSTAINABILITY DESIGN-ORIENTING / PRIORITY DEFINITION
qualitative assessment (report) of the
existing system supported by a set of
checklists for a (for each criterion)
priority identification
among criteria: No,
Low, Medium, High
for a selected
sustainability
dimension
(e.g.
environmen.)

29. Carlo Vezzoli
Politecnico di Milano / DESIGN dept. / DIS / School of Design / Italy
STRATEGIC ANALYSIS
ANALYSIS OF THE PROJECT PROMOTERS
ANALYSIS OF THE REFERENCE CONTEXT
ANALYSIS OF BEST PRACTICES
ANALYSIS OF THE REFERENCE STRUCTURE
SUSTAINABILITY ANALYSIS PRIORITIES DEFINITION
ANALYSIS OF THE CONTEXT ENERGY ACCESS
EXPLORING OPPORTUNITIES
IDEAS GENERATION ORIENTED TO SUSTAINABILITY
DEVELEPMENT OF THE SUSTAINABILITY DESIGN
ORIENTING SCENARIO - VISIONS/CLUSTERS/IDEAS
IDEAS GENERATION ORIENTED TO ENERGY FOR ALL
COMMUNICATION
MULTIMEDIA REPORTING: OVERALL QUALITIES
MULTIMEDIA REPORTING: STAINABILITY QUALITIES
SYSTEM DESIGN (AND ENGIN.)
SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT (EXECUTIVE LEVEL)
ENV, SOCIO-ET. & ECON. CHECK/VISUALISATION
DRE SYSTEM EVALUATION/VISUALISATION
DRE DEVELOPMENT (EXECUTIVE LEVEL)
SYSTEM CONCEPT DESIGN
VISIONS, CLUSTERS AND IDEAS SELECTION
SYSTEM CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT
ENV, SOCIO-ET. & ECON. CHECK/VISUALISATION
DRE SYSTEM CONCEPT DESIGN
DRE SYSTEM CONCEPT EVALUATION
STRATEGIC ANALISYS
analysis of the design
context energy access
Analysis of the context energy access
ENERGY
ACCESS
RENEWABLE
ENERGY
AVAILABILITY/
POTENTIAL

30. Carlo Vezzoli
Politecnico di Milano / DESIGN dept. / DIS / School of Design / Italy
select
one cathegory
(e.g. electricity use
per capita)
select one
indicator
(e.g. Households)
. ESTIMATE/VISUALIZE THE ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION PRO-
CAPITE OF HOUSEHOLDS
. tools: WORLD ENERGY COUNCIL DATABASE

31. Carlo Vezzoli
Politecnico di Milano / DESIGN dept. / DIS / School of Design / Italy
. ESTIMATE LOCAL MAP SOLAR ENERGY AVAILABILITY
. tool: SWERA
click on one country to receive
more info
(e.g. South Africa)
click on one BAR to
receive more info
(e.g. in Opencarto)

32. Carlo Vezzoli
Politecnico di Milano / DESIGN dept. / DIS / School of Design / Italy
. ESTIMATE LOCAL MAP WIND ENERGY AVAILABILITY
. tool: SWERA
click on one country to receive
more info
(e.g. South Africa)
click on one BAR to
receive more info
(e.g. in Opencarto)

33. Carlo Vezzoli
Politecnico di Milano / DESIGN dept. / DIS / School of Design / Italy
STRATEGIC ANALYSIS
ANALYSIS OF THE PROJECT PROMOTERS
ANALYSIS OF THE REFERENCE CONTEXT
ANALYSIS OF BEST PRACTICES
ANALYSIS OF THE REFERENCE STRUCTURE
SUSTAINABILITY ANALYSIS PRIORITIES DEFINITION
ANALYSIS OF THE CONTEXT ENERGY ACCESS
EXPLORING OPPORTUNITIES
IDEAS GENERATION ORIENTED TO SUSTAINABILITY
DEVELEPMENT OF THE SUSTAINABILITY DESIGN
ORIENTING SCENARIO - VISIONS/CLUSTERS/IDEAS
IDEAS GENERATION ORIENTED TO ENERGY FOR ALL
COMMUNICATION
MULTIMEDIA REPORTING: OVERALL QUALITIES
MULTIMEDIA REPORTING: STAINABILITY QUALITIES
SYSTEM DESIGN (AND ENGIN.)
SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT (EXECUTIVE LEVEL)
ENV, SOCIO-ET. & ECON. CHECK/VISUALISATION
DRE SYSTEM EVALUATION/VISUALISATION
DRE DEVELOPMENT (EXECUTIVE LEVEL)
SYSTEM CONCEPT DESIGN
VISIONS, CLUSTERS AND IDEAS SELECTION
SYSTEM CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT
ENV, SOCIO-ET. & ECON. CHECK/VISUALISATION
DRE SYSTEM CONCEPT DESIGN
DRE SYSTEM CONCEPT EVALUATION
Ideas generation oriented to
sustainable energy for all
EXPLORING OPPORTUNITIES
Generation of ideas oriented to Energy for All
SDO ideas
generation
on Energy
for All

34. Carlo Vezzoli
Politecnico di Milano / DESIGN dept. / DIS / School of Design / Italy
lick to watch the videos
of the various visions of
the scenarios to be
inspired
. SUSTAINABILTY DESIGN-ORIENTING SCENARIO ON S.PSS&DRE
. tool: SUSTAINABILITY DESIGN-ORIENTING SCAENARIO

35. Carlo Vezzoli
Politecnico di Milano / DESIGN dept. / DIS / School of Design / Italy
. GENERATE “ENERGY 4 ALL SUSTAIN. IDEAS” BY BRAINSTORMING
. tool: SUSTAINABILITY DESIGN-ORIENTING / ORIENTATE CONCEPT
type
emerged
system
ideas
(for each
criterion)
for
Energy 4 all
sustainability
dimension
for each criterion, an idea table with
guidelinees at system level
(work on those with highest prioritities)

36. Carlo Vezzoli
Politecnico di Milano / DESIGN dept. / DIS / School of Design / Italy
STRATEGIC ANALYSIS
ANALYSIS OF THE PROJECT PROMOTERS
ANALYSIS OF THE REFERENCE CONTEXT
ANALYSIS OF BEST PRACTICES
ANALYSIS OF THE REFERENCE STRUCTURE
SUSTAINABILITY ANALYSIS PRIORITIES DEFINITION
ANALYSIS OF THE CONTEXT ENERGY ACCESS
EXPLORING OPPORTUNITIES
IDEAS GENERATION ORIENTED TO SUSTAINABILITY
DEVELEPMENT OF THE SUSTAINABILITY DESIGN
ORIENTING SCENARIO - VISIONS/CLUSTERS/IDEAS
IDEAS GENERATION ORIENTED TO ENERGY FOR ALL
COMMUNICATION
MULTIMEDIA REPORTING: OVERALL QUALITIES
MULTIMEDIA REPORTING: STAINABILITY QUALITIES
SYSTEM DESIGN (AND ENGIN.)
SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT (EXECUTIVE LEVEL)
ENV, SOCIO-ET. & ECON. CHECK/VISUALISATION
DRE SYSTEM EVALUATION/VISUALISATION
DRE DEVELOPMENT (EXECUTIVE LEVEL)
SYSTEM CONCEPT DESIGN
VISIONS, CLUSTERS AND IDEAS SELECTION
SYSTEM CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT
ENV, SOCIO-ET. & ECON. CHECK/VISUALISATION
DRE SYSTEM CONCEPT DESIGN
DRE SYSTEM CONCEPT EVALUATION
Ideas generation oriented to
sustainability
EXPLORING OPPORTUNITIES
Generation of ideas oriented to Energy for All
SDO ideas
generation
on Energy
for All

37. Carlo Vezzoli
Politecnico di Milano / DESIGN dept. / DIS / School of Design / Italy
. GENERATE “ENV./SUSTAINABLE IDEAS” BY BRAINSTORMING
. tool: SUSTAINABILITY DESIGN-ORIENTING / ORIENTATE CONCEPT
typed
emerged
system ideas
(for each
criterion)
for each
(environm.)
sustainability
dimension
for each criterion, an idea table
with guidelinees at system level

38. Carlo Vezzoli
Politecnico di Milano / DESIGN dept. / DIS / School of Design / Italy
. GENERATE “SOCIOETHICAL/SUSTAIN. IDEAS” BY BRAINSTORMING
. tool: SUSTAINABILITY DESIGN-ORIENTING / ORIENTATE CONCEPT
typed
emerged
system ideas
(for each
criterion)
for each
(socio-etic.)
sustainability
dimension
for each criterion, an idea table
with guidelinees at system level

39. Carlo Vezzoli
Politecnico di Milano / DESIGN dept. / DIS / School of Design / Italy
STRATEGIC ANALYSIS
ANALYSIS OF THE PROJECT PROMOTERS
ANALYSIS OF THE REFERENCE CONTEXT
ANALYSIS OF BEST PRACTICES
ANALYSIS OF THE REFERENCE STRUCTURE
SUSTAINABILITY ANALYSIS PRIORITIES DEFINITION
ANALYSIS OF THE CONTEXT ENERGY ACCESS
EXPLORING OPPORTUNITIES
IDEAS GENERATION ORIENTED TO SUSTAINABILITY
DEVELEPMENT OF THE SUSTAINABILITY DESIGN
ORIENTING SCENARIO - VISIONS/CLUSTERS/IDEAS
IDEAS GENERATION ORIENTED TO ENERGY FOR ALL
COMMUNICATION
MULTIMEDIA REPORTING: OVERALL QUALITIES
MULTIMEDIA REPORTING: STAINABILITY QUALITIES
SYSTEM DESIGN (AND ENGIN.)
SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT (EXECUTIVE LEVEL)
ENV, SOCIO-ET. & ECON. CHECK/VISUALISATION
DRE SYSTEM EVALUATION/VISUALISATION
DRE DEVELOPMENT (EXECUTIVE LEVEL)
SYSTEM CONCEPT DESIGN
VISIONS, CLUSTERS AND IDEAS SELECTION
SYSTEM CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT
ENV, SOCIO-ET. & ECON. CHECK/VISUALISATION
DRE SYSTEM CONCEPT DESIGN
DRE SYSTEM CONCEPT EVALUATION
System concepts development
SYSTEM CONCEPT DESIGN
Dimension and Design the DRE system
Energy using
products load
layout form
EUP energy
load
DATABASE
S
Environmental DRE evaluation
‘LCA to go’
for simplified
LCA of PV
system
SDO concept
improvement
on Energy for
All

40. Carlo Vezzoli
Politecnico di Milano / DESIGN dept. / DIS / School of Design / Italy
GENERATE “ENERGY FOR ALL IDEAS”: INSERT/CLUSTER PROMISING
IDEAS
tool:. SUSTAINABLE DESIGN ORIENTING SCENARIO
Insert promising ideas
designed with the SDO
toolkit, within the polarity
diagram
and draft a system concept
IDEA 1
IDEA 2
IDEA 3
IDEA …
IDEA …
IDEA …
IDEA …
IDEA …
IDEA …IDEA …
IDEA …

41. Carlo Vezzoli
Politecnico di Milano / DESIGN dept. / DIS / School of Design / Italy
. tool:
SYSTEM MAP
(could be
animated)

42. Carlo Vezzoli
Politecnico di Milano / DESIGN dept. / DIS / School of Design / Italy
. INTERACTION TABLE (2 rows: 1° cllient/user; 2° providers)

43. Carlo Vezzoli
Politecnico di Milano / DESIGN dept. / DIS / School of Design / Italy
. tool: INTERACTION STORY BOARD
(could be animated)

44. Carlo Vezzoli
Politecnico di Milano / DESIGN dept. / DIS / School of Design / Italy
F. INTERACTION STORY BOARD. PRODUCT AND SUPPORT-PRODUCT CONCEPTS

45. Carlo Vezzoli
Politecnico di Milano / DESIGN dept. / DIS / School of Design / Italy
. tool:
SATISFACTION
OFFERING
DIAGRAMM
(could be
animated)

46. Carlo Vezzoli
Politecnico di Milano / DESIGN dept. / DIS / School of Design / Italy
STRATEGIC ANALYSIS
ANALYSIS OF THE PROJECT PROMOTERS
ANALYSIS OF THE REFERENCE CONTEXT
ANALYSIS OF BEST PRACTICES
ANALYSIS OF THE REFERENCE STRUCTURE
SUSTAINABILITY ANALYSIS PRIORITIES DEFINITION
ANALYSIS OF THE CONTEXT ENERGY ACCESS
EXPLORING OPPORTUNITIES
IDEAS GENERATION ORIENTED TO SUSTAINABILITY
DEVELEPMENT OF THE SUSTAINABILITY DESIGN
ORIENTING SCENARIO - VISIONS/CLUSTERS/IDEAS
IDEAS GENERATION ORIENTED TO ENERGY FOR ALL
COMMUNICATION
MULTIMEDIA REPORTING: OVERALL QUALITIES
MULTIMEDIA REPORTING: STAINABILITY QUALITIES
SYSTEM DESIGN (AND ENGIN.)
SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT (EXECUTIVE LEVEL)
ENV, SOCIO-ET. & ECON. CHECK/VISUALISATION
DRE SYSTEM EVALUATION/VISUALISATION
DRE DEVELOPMENT (EXECUTIVE LEVEL)
SYSTEM CONCEPT DESIGN
VISIONS, CLUSTERS AND IDEAS SELECTION
SYSTEM CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT
ENV, SOCIO-ET. & ECON. CHECK/VISUALISATION
DRE SYSTEM CONCEPT DESIGN
DRE SYSTEM CONCEPT EVALUATION
DRE System concepts DESIGN
SYSTEM CONCEPT DESIGN
DRE system concept design
Energy using
products load
layout form
EUP energy
load
DATABASE
S
Environmental DRE evaluation
‘LCA to go’
for simplified
LCA of PV
system
SDO concept
improvement
on Energy for
All

47. Carlo Vezzoli
Politecnico di Milano / DESIGN dept. / DIS / School of Design / Italy
. DRE SYSTEM CONCEPT DESIGN
. tool: ENERGY LOAD/NEED & PRODUCTION POTENTIAL FORM
insert number of appliances, and hours
of usage per day
insert
type of
appliance
click to access EUP energy
consumption (Wh) database

48. Carlo Vezzoli
Politecnico di Milano / DESIGN dept. / DIS / School of Design / Italy
to define DRE system
general characteristics
. DRE SYSTEM CONCEPT DESIGN
. tool: ENERGY LOAD/NEED & PRODUCTION POTENTIAL FORM
click to access selected
calculator for DRE sizing

49. Carlo Vezzoli
Politecnico di Milano / DESIGN dept. / DIS / School of Design / Italy
select one or more
solar irradiation
options (e.g.
horizontal irradiation)
select ‘output options’
and calculate
. SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEM SIZING
search one country (e.g. South Africa)
click on ‘monthly radiation’
. tool: PVGIS (to size solar energy systems)

50. Carlo Vezzoli
Politecnico di Milano / DESIGN dept. / DIS / School of Design / Italy
. BIOMASS ENERGY SYSTEM SIZING
. tool: CBE coach bio energy (to size biomass energy systems)
specify the
type of
resources
(e.g. grass)
and the
yearly
production
Biogas
potential
(GJ/year)

51. Carlo Vezzoli
Politecnico di Milano / DESIGN dept. / DIS / School of Design / Italy
STRATEGIC ANALYSIS
ANALYSIS OF THE PROJECT PROMOTERS
ANALYSIS OF THE REFERENCE CONTEXT
ANALYSIS OF BEST PRACTICES
ANALYSIS OF THE REFERENCE STRUCTURE
SUSTAINABILITY ANALYSIS PRIORITIES DEFINITION
ANALYSIS OF THE CONTEXT ENERGY ACCESS
EXPLORING OPPORTUNITIES
IDEAS GENERATION ORIENTED TO SUSTAINABILITY
DEVELEPMENT OF THE SUSTAINABILITY DESIGN
ORIENTING SCENARIO - VISIONS/CLUSTERS/IDEAS
IDEAS GENERATION ORIENTED TO ENERGY FOR ALL
COMMUNICATION
MULTIMEDIA REPORTING: OVERALL QUALITIES
MULTIMEDIA REPORTING: STAINABILITY QUALITIES
SYSTEM DESIGN (AND ENGIN.)
SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT (EXECUTIVE LEVEL)
ENV, SOCIO-ET. & ECON. CHECK/VISUALISATION
DRE SYSTEM EVALUATION/VISUALISATION
DRE DEVELOPMENT (EXECUTIVE LEVEL)
SYSTEM CONCEPT DESIGN
VISIONS, CLUSTERS AND IDEAS SELECTION
SYSTEM CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT
ENV, SOCIO-ET. & ECON. CHECK/VISUALISATION
DRE SYSTEM CONCEPT DESIGN
DRE SYSTEM CONCEPT EVALUATION
sustainability System concepts
evaluation
SYSTEM CONCEPT DESIGN
Dimension and Design the DRE system
Energy using
products load
layout form
EUP energy
load
DATABASE
S
Environmental DRE evaluation
‘LCA to go’
for simplified
LCA of PV
system
SDO concept
improvement
on Energy for
All

52. Carlo Vezzoli
Politecnico di Milano / DESIGN dept. / DIS / School of Design / Italy
. CHECK IN PROGRESS CONCEPT ENVIRONMENTAL/SUSTAINABILITY
improvemnts levels
definition per aech
criterion: -, =, +, ++
qualitative sustainability assessment of concept
improvements (report for each criterion) as
compared with the existing system (checklists)
. tool: SUSTAINABILITY DESIGN-ORIENTING / CHECK CONCEPT
for a
selected
sustainability
dimension,
e.g.
environmen.

53. Carlo Vezzoli
Politecnico di Milano / DESIGN dept. / DIS / School of Design / Italy
. VISUALISE CONCEPT ENVIRONMENTAL/SUSTAINABILITY POTENT.
visualisation concept
improvement
(for each criterion)
visualisation of existing
system priorities
(for each criterion)
IMPROVEMENT…
text
synthethising
improvement
(for each
criterion)
. tool: SUSTAINAB. DESIGN-ORIENTING / ENVIRONMENTAL RADAR
for a
selected
sustainability
dimension

54. Carlo Vezzoli
Politecnico di Milano / DESIGN dept. / DIS / School of Design / Italy
visualisation concept
improvement
(for each criterion)
IMPROVEMENT…
text
synthethising
improvement
(for each
criterion)
. tool: SUSTAINABILITY DESIGN-ORIENTING / RADAR
. VISUALISE SYSTEM SOCIOETHICAL/SUSTAINABILITY
for a
selected
sustainability
dimension

55. Carlo Vezzoli
Politecnico di Milano / DESIGN dept. / DIS / School of Design / Italy
STRATEGIC ANALYSIS
ANALYSIS OF THE PROJECT PROMOTERS
ANALYSIS OF THE REFERENCE CONTEXT
ANALYSIS OF BEST PRACTICES
ANALYSIS OF THE REFERENCE STRUCTURE
SUSTAINABILITY ANALYSIS PRIORITIES DEFINITION
ANALYSIS OF THE CONTEXT ENERGY ACCESS
EXPLORING OPPORTUNITIES
IDEAS GENERATION ORIENTED TO SUSTAINABILITY
DEVELEPMENT OF THE SUSTAINABILITY DESIGN
ORIENTING SCENARIO - VISIONS/CLUSTERS/IDEAS
IDEAS GENERATION ORIENTED TO ENERGY FOR ALL
COMMUNICATION
MULTIMEDIA REPORTING: OVERALL QUALITIES
MULTIMEDIA REPORTING: STAINABILITY QUALITIES
SYSTEM DESIGN (AND ENGIN.)
SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT (EXECUTIVE LEVEL)
ENV, SOCIO-ET. & ECON. CHECK/VISUALISATION
DRE SYSTEM EVALUATION/VISUALISATION
DRE DEVELOPMENT (EXECUTIVE LEVEL)
SYSTEM CONCEPT DESIGN
VISIONS, CLUSTERS AND IDEAS SELECTION
SYSTEM CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT
ENV, SOCIO-ET. & ECON. CHECK/VISUALISATION
DRE SYSTEM CONCEPT DESIGN
DRE SYSTEM CONCEPT EVALUATION
DRE System concepts evaluation
SYSTEM CONCEPT DESIGN
Dimension and Design the DRE system
Energy using
products load
layout form
EUP energy
load
DATABASE
S
Environmental DRE evaluation
‘LCA to go’
for simplified
LCA of PV
system
SDO concept
improvement
on Energy for
All

56. Carlo Vezzoli
Politecnico di Milano / DESIGN dept. / DIS / School of Design / Italy
. VISUALISE CONCEPT ENERGY 4 ALL SUSTAINABILITY
concept improvement level
visualisation
(e.g. +) (for each criterion)
existing system priority
visualisation
(e.g. Medium) (for each criterion)
IMPROVEMENT…
text
synthethising
improvement
(for each
criterion)
. tool: SUSTAINABILITY DESIGN-ORIENTING / ENERGY4ALL RADAR

57. Carlo Vezzoli
Politecnico di Milano / DESIGN dept. / DIS / School of Design / Italy
. CALCULATE ABRIDGED ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF THE PV
CONCEPT SYSTEM DESIGN
. tool: LCA to go http://tool.lca2go.eu/
concept PV
system
improvement
compared to
the Electricity
grid

58. Carlo Vezzoli
Politecnico di Milano / DESIGN dept. / DIS / School of Design / Italy
STRATEGIC ANALYSIS
ANALYSIS OF THE PROJECT PROMOTERS
ANALYSIS OF THE REFERENCE CONTEXT
ANALYSIS OF BEST PRACTICES
ANALYSIS OF THE REFERENCE STRUCTURE
SUSTAINABILITY ANALYSIS PRIORITIES DEFINITION
ANALYSIS OF THE CONTEXT ENERGY ACCESS
EXPLORING OPPORTUNITIES
IDEAS GENERATION ORIENTED TO SUSTAINABILITY
DEVELEPMENT OF THE SUSTAINABILITY DESIGN
ORIENTING SCENARIO - VISIONS/CLUSTERS/IDEAS
IDEAS GENERATION ORIENTED TO ENERGY FOR ALL
COMMUNICATION
MULTIMEDIA REPORTING: OVERALL QUALITIES
MULTIMEDIA REPORTING: STAINABILITY QUALITIES
SYSTEM DESIGN (AND ENGIN.)
SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT (EXECUTIVE LEVEL)
ENV, SOCIO-ET. & ECON. CHECK/VISUALISATION
DRE SYSTEM EVALUATION/VISUALISATION
DRE DEVELOPMENT (EXECUTIVE LEVEL)
SYSTEM CONCEPT DESIGN
VISIONS, CLUSTERS AND IDEAS SELECTION
SYSTEM CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT
ENV, SOCIO-ET. & ECON. CHECK/VISUALISATION
DRE SYSTEM CONCEPT DESIGN
DRE SYSTEM CONCEPT EVALUATION
SYSTEM DESIGN (AND
ENGINEERING)
Dimension and Design the DRE system
Energy using
products load
layout form
EUP energy
load
DATABASES
Environmental DRE evaluation
‘LCA to go’
for simplified
LCA of PV
system
SDO concept
improvement
on Energy for
All

59. Carlo Vezzoli
Politecnico di Milano / DESIGN dept. / DIS / School of Design / Italy
H. SYSTEM MAP (DETAILED). tool:
SYSTEM MAP
(could be
animated)

60. Carlo Vezzoli
Politecnico di Milano / DESIGN dept. / DIS / School of Design / Italy
. SATISFACTION
OFFERING
DIAGRAMM

61. Carlo Vezzoli
Politecnico di Milano / DESIGN dept. / DIS / School of Design / Italy
. tool: INTERACTION TABLE

62. Carlo Vezzoli
Politecnico di Milano / DESIGN dept. / DIS / School of Design / Italy
STRATEGIC ANALYSIS
ANALYSIS OF THE PROJECT PROMOTERS
ANALYSIS OF THE REFERENCE CONTEXT
ANALYSIS OF BEST PRACTICES
ANALYSIS OF THE REFERENCE STRUCTURE
SUSTAINABILITY ANALYSIS PRIORITIES DEFINITION
ANALYSIS OF THE CONTEXT ENERGY ACCESS
EXPLORING OPPORTUNITIES
IDEAS GENERATION ORIENTED TO SUSTAINABILITY
DEVELEPMENT OF THE SUSTAINABILITY DESIGN
ORIENTING SCENARIO - VISIONS/CLUSTERS/IDEAS
IDEAS GENERATION ORIENTED TO ENERGY FOR ALL
COMMUNICATION
MULTIMEDIA REPORTING: OVERALL QUALITIES
MULTIMEDIA REPORTING: STAINABILITY QUALITIES
SYSTEM DESIGN (AND ENGIN.)
SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT (EXECUTIVE LEVEL)
ENV, SOCIO-ET. & ECON. CHECK/VISUALISATION
DRE SYSTEM EVALUATION/VISUALISATION
DRE DEVELOPMENT (EXECUTIVE LEVEL)
SYSTEM CONCEPT DESIGN
VISIONS, CLUSTERS AND IDEAS SELECTION
SYSTEM CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT
ENV, SOCIO-ET. & ECON. CHECK/VISUALISATION
DRE SYSTEM CONCEPT DESIGN
DRE SYSTEM CONCEPT EVALUATION
SYSTEM DESIGN (AND
ENGINEERING)
Design the DRE system
Energy using
products load
layout form
EUP energy
load databases
DRE calculator
Environmental DRE evaluation
SDO concept
improvement
on Energy for
All
‘LCA to go’
for simplified
LCA of PV
system

63. Carlo Vezzoli
Politecnico di Milano / DESIGN dept. / DIS / School of Design / Italy
. TO DESIGN AND OPTIMIZE THE DRE SYSTEM
. tool:HOMER ENERGY SOFTWARE (http://www.homerenergy.com)

64. Carlo Vezzoli
Politecnico di Milano / DESIGN dept. / DIS / School of Design / Italy
STRATEGIC ANALYSIS
ANALYSIS OF THE PROJECT PROMOTERS
ANALYSIS OF THE REFERENCE CONTEXT
ANALYSIS OF BEST PRACTICES
ANALYSIS OF THE REFERENCE STRUCTURE
SUSTAINABILITY ANALYSIS PRIORITIES DEFINITION
ANALYSIS OF THE CONTEXT ENERGY ACCESS
EXPLORING OPPORTUNITIES
IDEAS GENERATION ORIENTED TO SUSTAINABILITY
DEVELEPMENT OF THE SUSTAINABILITY DESIGN
ORIENTING SCENARIO - VISIONS/CLUSTERS/IDEAS
IDEAS GENERATION ORIENTED TO ENERGY FOR ALL
COMMUNICATION
MULTIMEDIA REPORTING: OVERALL QUALITIES
MULTIMEDIA REPORTING: STAINABILITY QUALITIES
SYSTEM DESIGN (AND ENGIN.)
SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT (EXECUTIVE LEVEL)
ENV, SOCIO-ET. & ECON. CHECK/VISUALISATION
DRE SYSTEM EVALUATION/VISUALISATION
DRE DEVELOPMENT (EXECUTIVE LEVEL)
SYSTEM CONCEPT DESIGN
VISIONS, CLUSTERS AND IDEAS SELECTION
SYSTEM CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT
ENV, SOCIO-ET. & ECON. CHECK/VISUALISATION
DRE SYSTEM CONCEPT DESIGN
DRE SYSTEM CONCEPT EVALUATION
SYSTEM DESIGN (AND
ENGINEERING)
Dimension and Design the DRE system
Energy using
products load
layout form
EUP energy
load
DATABASES
Environmental DRE evaluation
‘LCA to go’
for simplified
LCA of PV
system
SDO concept
improvement
on Energy for
All

65. Carlo Vezzoli
Politecnico di Milano / DESIGN dept. / DIS / School of Design / Italy
. (up-date) CHECK SYSTEM ENVIRONMENTAL/SUSTAINABILITY
up-date improvemnts
levels definition per aech
criterion: -, =, +, ++
up-date qualitative sustainability
assessment of the concept improvements
(report for each criterion) as compared with
the existing system (checklists)
. tool: SUSTAINABILITY DESIGN-ORIENTING / CHECK CONCEPT
for a
selected
sustainability
dimension

66. Carlo Vezzoli
Politecnico di Milano / DESIGN dept. / DIS / School of Design / Italy
. (up-date) VISUALISE SYSTEM ENVIRONMENTAL/SUSTAINABILITY
up-dated visualisation
concept improvement
(for each criterion)
IMPROVEMENT…
up-date text
synthethising
improvement
(for each
criterion)
. tool: SUSTAINABILITY DESIGN-ORIENTING / RADAR
for a
selected
sustainability
dimension

67. Carlo Vezzoli
Politecnico di Milano / DESIGN dept. / DIS / School of Design / Italy
up-dated visualisation
concept improvement
(for each criterion)
IMPROVEMENT…
up-date text
synthethising
improvement
(for each
criterion)
. tool: SUSTAINABILITY DESIGN-ORIENTING / RADAR
. (up-date) VISUALISE SYSTEM SOCIOETHICAL/SUSTAINABILITY
for a
selected
sustainability
dimension

68. Carlo Vezzoli
Politecnico di Milano / DESIGN dept. / DIS / School of Design / Italy
. tool: SUSTAINABILITY INTERACTION STORY-SPOT (animated)

69. Carlo Vezzoli
Politecnico di Milano / DESIGN dept. / DIS / School of Design / Italy
STRATEGIC ANALYSIS
ANALYSIS OF THE PROJECT PROMOTERS
ANALYSIS OF THE REFERENCE CONTEXT
ANALYSIS OF BEST PRACTICES
ANALYSIS OF THE REFERENCE STRUCTURE
SUSTAINABILITY ANALYSIS PRIORITIES DEFINITION
ANALYSIS OF THE CONTEXT ENERGY ACCESS
EXPLORING OPPORTUNITIES
IDEAS GENERATION ORIENTED TO SUSTAINABILITY
DEVELEPMENT OF THE SUSTAINABILITY DESIGN
ORIENTING SCENARIO - VISIONS/CLUSTERS/IDEAS
IDEAS GENERATION ORIENTED TO ENERGY FOR ALL
COMMUNICATION
MULTIMEDIA REPORTING: OVERALL QUALITIES
MULTIMEDIA REPORTING: STAINABILITY QUALITIES
SYSTEM DESIGN (AND ENGIN.)
SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT (EXECUTIVE LEVEL)
ENV, SOCIO-ET. & ECON. CHECK/VISUALISATION
DRE SYSTEM EVALUATION/VISUALISATION
DRE DEVELOPMENT (EXECUTIVE LEVEL)
SYSTEM CONCEPT DESIGN
VISIONS, CLUSTERS AND IDEAS SELECTION
SYSTEM CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT
ENV, SOCIO-ET. & ECON. CHECK/VISUALISATION
DRE SYSTEM CONCEPT DESIGN
DRE SYSTEM CONCEPT EVALUATION
SYSTEM DESIGN (AND
ENGINEERING)
Dimension and Design the DRE system
Energy using
products load
layout form
EUP energy
load
DATABASES
Environmental DRE evaluation
‘LCA to go’
for simplified
LCA of PV
system
Life Cycle
Assessment
‘Open LCA’

70. Carlo Vezzoli
Politecnico di Milano / DESIGN dept. / DIS / School of Design / Italy
. CALCULATE ABRIDGED ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF THE PV
CONCEPT SYSTEM DESIGN
. tool: LCA to go http://tool.lca2go.eu/
concept PV
system
improvement
compared to
the Electricity
grid

71. Carlo Vezzoli
Politecnico di Milano / DESIGN dept. / DIS / School of Design / Italy
. CALCULATE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF THE DRE SYSTEM
DESIGN
. tool: open LCA