What do race cars have to do with sustainability? With this question, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Iris Gräßler and Dr.-Ing. Jens Pottebaum from the workgroup of Product Creation at the Heinz Nixdorf Institute started their contribution to the lecture series “UPB for Future”. They provided exciting insights into the engineering of recyclable products as the key to a sustainable future. The outstanding influence that engineers have on the sustainability of a product was illustrated by using two examples: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Iris Gräßler explained the challenges of disassembly and reassembly after the first use phase of a product using a Lego Technic model (see www.spp2443.de). Dr.-Ing. Jens Pottebaum used the wheel hub of a Formula Student race car as an example to illustrate the recyclability of such a part (see www.decide4eco.de).
Lecture series on sustainable product development
