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Unit 4: Sustainable design
Quick questions on IA3 sustainable design project in QCE Design Unit 4
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What is demonstrating the improvement?Show answer
The defining feature of a strong IA3 is evidence of a measurable improvement. It is not enough to claim a redesign is greener - you must show it, by comparing the redesign against the original on the criteria. That might be fewer materials, materials that can be recovered, a longer life through repairability, or a reduced impact at the life-cycle hot spot you identified. The comparison is what makes the sustainability gain defensible rather than asserted.
What is a scattered opportunity?Show answer
Trying to fix everything produces a shallow redesign. Choose one focused, evidenced opportunity.
What is not naming dimension and principle?Show answer
Top-band justification states which sustainability dimension and circular principle each change serves, not just that it helps.
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