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Environmental considerations for designers and society: Non-renewable resources
HSC Outcome 2.2: Evaluates the impact of design and innovation on society and the environment.
Student Activity
1. The Renewable Energy 
section of CSIRO provides the most current information regarding research and implementation of renewable energy strategies in Australia.
Learn about these by clicking on each of the example
2. Explore the benefits of the Zero Emissions House on the CSIRO website. Create a mind- map using Word 2007 to outline the benefits of this technology on the environment. See the example below to get you started.
3. Read the Greenhouse Effect
document and answer the following questions.
a. Describe in your own words what is meant by the greenhouse effect.
b. If there is a naturally occurring greenhouse effect, why is there a problem today?
c. What gases are associated with the greenhouse effect?
d. How do we generate greenhouse gases in our society?
e. How can the designer contribute
to a reduction in the greenhouse effect
Further Activities
- Discuss the impact of the greenhouse effect on our environment.
- Analyse the types
of resources used in the development and realisation of your
Major Design Project.
- Are any of the resources
used in your Major Design Project potentially harmful to the
environment? Explain.
- Discuss the actions
that the Australian Government is taking to address the Greenhouse
problem.
- Observe the variety of
renewable energy companies profiled by the Alternative Technology Association
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