July  11th,  2013  Bert  van  Stam  Student  Assistant  Climate  Design  

What  is  QualityBase?  

 ‘Quality  Assured  Innovation  Sourcing  for  Designers’    •  Showcase  •  First  Level  Databases  •  Second  Level  Databases  

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What  is  QualityBase?  

 ‘Quality  Assured  Innovation  Sourcing  for  Designers’    •  Showcase  •  First  Level  Databases  •  Second  Level  Databases  

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Why  QualityBase?  

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There  are  a  lot  of  high  quality  innovations…  …but  they  are  not  known.  

 Designers  want  to  do  ‘good’…  

…but  don’t  know  where  to  start.  

Why  QualityBase?  

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There  are  a  lot  of  high  quality  innovations…  …but  they  are  not  known.  

 Designers  want  to  do  ‘good’…  

…but  don’t  know  where  to  start.  Information  problem!  

 

How  does  QualityBase  work?  

Approach    

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How  does  QualityBase  work?  

Approach    •  Make  use  of  what  is  already  there  

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How  does  QualityBase  work?  

Approach    •  Make  use  of  what  is  already  there  

•  Filter  quality  

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How  does  QualityBase  work?  

Approach    •  Make  use  of  what  is  already  there  

•  Filter  quality  

•  Inspiration  (not  imitation)  

•  ‘Spread  the  news’  

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Quality  filter  

Showcase  items  •  Exemplary  project  •  Starting  from  holistic  approach  •  Stated  goals  on  positive  performance  •  C2C®    inspired  elements  

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Quality  filter  

Databases    •  First  level  

–  focus  on  certified  or  optimized  products  

•  Second  level  –  showing  possibly  added  value  of  innovations    OR  –  offering  detailed  information  on  environmental  impact  which  

can  be  used  for  positive  design  

 

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Examples  

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Examples  

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Examples  

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What’s  next?  

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•  How  can  we  improve  the  form  /  method?  

•  More  databases  /  showcase  items  to  include?  

•  How  to  make  QualityBase  being  used?  

qualitybase.shoutwiki.com    

A.vanStam@tudelft.nl