Electrical Engineering Project: Design for Sustainability

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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................................3
LO1 Formulate and plan a project that will provide a solution to an identified engineering problem....4
P1 Select an appropriate engineering-based project, giving reasons for the selection........................4
P2 Create a project plan for the engineering project.............................................................................6
M1 Undertake a feasibility study to justify project selection................................................................8
LO2 Conduct planned project activities to generate outcomes which provide a solution to the
identified engineering problem..................................................................................................................9
P3 Conduct project activities, recording progress against the original project plan.............................9
M2 Explore alternative methods to monitor and meet project milestones, justify the selection of the
chosen method(s).................................................................................................................................11
LO3 Produce a project report analyzing the outcomes of each of the project processes and stages.....12
P4 Produce a project report covering each stage of the project and analyzing project outcomes.....12
M3 Use appropriate critical analysis and evaluation techniques to analyze project findings............16
LO4 Present the project report concluding the outcomes of the project................................................17
P5 Present the project report using appropriate media to an audience.............................................17
M4 Analyze own behaviors and performance during the project and suggest areas for improvement.
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Conclusion.................................................................................................................................................24
References................................................................................................................................................25
Table of figures
Figure 1 15 V DC power supply....................................................................................................................4
Figure 2 Image for D4S................................................................................................................................6

Introduction
This report is commonly based on the concept of 15V DC power supply which used the setup of
different technologies among which the common one used is the D4S technologies. This
technology is used because of the so many advantages like it provides environmental strategies
and uses renewable resources instead of non-renewable resources. This report is clear out the
concept of the life cycle of materials. This assessment is also describing the budget, resources
and the duration by using the Gantt chart. It also includes the description of the project in the
lock book form. This assessment defines the scope and benefits and the recommendations
involved in the entire project. DC power supply is selected for due to several reasons as it
provides the facility to use it as for the extension lines and the high set up projects because their
AC supply is not used. AC supply is only limited for commercial purposes.

LO1 Formulate and plan a project that will provide
a solution to an identified engineering problem
P1 Select an appropriate engineering-based project, giving
reasons for the selection
Projects are considered as the temporary endeavor which is used to create down the exclusive
services and products (Roseke, 2016). The main foundation of the project is defined to find out
the several useful outputs and introduced a new-new technology through which the engineering
aspect can go better. As per on this concept, the recommended topic for this report is the DC
power supply. As DC stands for the direct current. This current is used to supply the electrical
energy along with having constant polarity.
Sources of DC power supplies are the devices that can provide the electric energy having both
types of polarity that is positive and negative. This energy can supply by using the device that
can connect with the main sources and then energy can be transmitted from one input end to the
output end. Input can be generated by using the source like batteries and the generators or the
convertors or cell of fuels. A DC supply can be converted in the alternate current.
Figure 1 15 V DC power supply
In recent days, there are so many devices which use the circuit which can convert into DC supply
from the AC supply. The input device used for the generate the DC power supply is known as
the power transformer. All the generated power commonly available in the form of the AC

supply but as it transmitted, generated or distributed then also it can in the form of the AC due to
the consideration of using it for economical purpose. DC power supply is mainly used for
performing the operations on high power electronic devices. It's had both types of polarity that it
exists along with advantages and the disadvantages. Its main disadvantage is that it exists with
low voltage and need a replacement constantly. The using cost is also too much high because
conversion elements are used for converting the power. Its main advantage is that it is free from
ripple and have portable for all devices. This power supply is used mainly for the electric load.
Its main function is to convert all the electric energy in the particular current, voltage, and
frequency.

P2 Create a project plan for the engineering project.
As each professional engineer made the projects in their life and this seems a big task for them
through which they can manage and organize the actions of the projects and create a new
technology for the future purpose (Fasano, 2018). As project planning is too much important
aspect in the field of engineering. Some major importance is: decrease down the cost and provide
the thinking and visualizing broadly.
In this report, the used technology is D4S. D4S is common stands for the Design for
Sustainability (Vezzoli, 2018). It means that this term is contributing to the designing purpose,
research, and the education manner or can also be used to sustainably the different developments
properly.
Figure 2 Image for D4S
Design for sustainability is the approach that can be used for general sustainability in the
environment and well knowing about the sustainable to the people. It can be said that this term is
used as an instant reaction to the crises of the global environment and also focused on the details
of the resource efficiency. Efficiency gains can be generated by the understanding the proper
meaning of the efficiency for services and growth of the outpaces. Due to this, the effect can be
decreased down by increasing the impacts of sustainable design. For making the project
sustainable, some rights things should be considered:
 Intrinsic values of humans
 Common goods and the hierarchy of social
 Thriving of the local; communities

 Safely environments
 Production and consumption of the sustainable environment.
 Well, beings of the individual towards sustainable development.
Suppose that if the designer designing the construction site then it should be just for that the
designing should follow the sustainability and consume, the energy sources that can be necessary
for the particular project so, that the result can come with efficient way. Some factors that act as
a sustainable factor are recyclability, durability, and the materials used in the project (Manzini,
2018).
This approach is used for designing sustainable devices for the entire project and reduce down
the impacts. This approach can be considered as the inter-disciplinary or the disciplinary which
can be implied as to the fields which include:
 Designing of landscape
 Interior architecture
 Clean technology of engineering
 Designing of media and communication
 Designing of product
 Designing of industries
 Designing of services involved
 Designing the systems and process involved
The Cad drawing for the 15V dual DC power supply is

M1 Undertake a feasibility study to justify project selection
This D4S technology in this project is due to its benefits and principles. Its main principles are
the optimization of the size, minimize the consumption of non-renewable resources. This
technology uses renewable resources (Miller, 2018). So, manages and control the consumption
of renewable products. It can also have principles like conserving and save water. It also
enhances the environmental quality either for the indoor and for the outside environment. It also
enhances the facility for optimizing and maintains the practices that can be used during the
project. This technology improves the efficiency of the project and provides decisions on the
designing phase. This technology reduces the negative impacts of the environment and provides
sustainability to the other process during construction. This type of approach can help in
balancing the life cycles which involves the designing, construction, enhancing, execution,
maintenance, and the closure phase. Sustainable designing is not only beneficial for the
construction but it can also help make the projects which can be related to the electronic and
electrical devices.
The basic use of sustainable designing and the goals are mainly mattering with the construction
and production of a healthy environment. It can also be used to reduce down the maximum waste
or it can be said that it can be used to minimize the waste and provide the specifications for the
healthy environment. This can generate ease with the use of renewable resources or it can also
provide the limitation for the consumption of the non-renewable resources. Due to this use, the
project can be made with some sorts of limitations and generate the effectiveness to provide ease
in the connections and generating the specific structures. This technology provides the support
for making the decision on the basis of the sustainability in the environment and also supports
the one-stop resources that will be online so, that the consumption of the materials will be
reduced down and follow the concept of the life cycle of products and materials which is based
on the principles to maintain the sustainability. This technology is used in the project due to the
reasons which discussed in the above paragraph and also due to sustainable tools which are too
effective in cost and preferable for the small projects as well as the large projects that can be set
up.

LO2 Conduct planned project activities to generate
outcomes which provide a solution to the identified
engineering problem
P3 Conduct project activities, recording progress against the
original project plan.
This Gantt chart produces the overall description of the activities of the project. This chart
includes the budget, resources and the duration present in the project. This chart is useful for ease
out the project by dividing into small-small slots and then work will be completed according to
it.

ID Task Name Duration Start Finish PredecessorsResource
Names
Cost
0 engineering project 34 days Wed 7/17/19Mon 9/2/19 £4,424.00
1 1 Research 6 days Wed 7/17/19Wed 7/24/19 £984.00
2 1.1 Collection of
devices
3 days Wed
7/17/19
Fri 7/19/19 Project
manager,Resource
manager
£672.00
3 1.2 Resouce
collection
3 days Mon
7/22/19
Wed
7/24/19
2 Resource
manager
£312.00
4 1.3 Milestone:
research
0 days Wed
7/24/19
Wed
7/24/19
3 £0.00
5 2 Planning 7 days Thu 7/25/19Fri 8/2/19 £1,048.00
6 2.1 Cost estimation2 days Thu 7/25/19Fri 7/26/19 4 Project manager,Project sponsor£240.00
7 2.2 Tools estimation2 days Mon 7/29/19Tue 7/30/196 Project manager,Resource manager£448.00
8 2.3 Location for
designing
3 days Wed
7/31/19
Fri 8/2/19 7 Project
manager
£360.00
9 2.4 Milestone:
Planning
0 days Fri 8/2/19 Fri 8/2/19 8 £0.00
10 3 Designing 6 days Mon 8/5/19 Mon 8/12/19 £576.00
11 3.1 Sketches 4 days Mon 8/5/19 Thu 8/8/19 9 Designer £384.00
12 3.2 Blueprints 2 days Fri 8/9/19 Mon 8/12/1911 Designer £192.00
13 3.3 Milestone:
planning
0 days Mon
8/12/19
Mon
8/12/19
12 £0.00
14 4 Set up 8 days Tue 8/13/19Thu 8/22/19 £896.00
15 4.1 Connections 4 days Tue 8/13/19Fri 8/16/19 13 Developer £448.00
16 4.2 Integration
of hardware
3 days Mon
8/19/19
Wed
8/21/19
15 Developer £336.00
17 4.3 Frequency
setting
1 day Thu
8/22/19
Thu
8/22/19
16 Developer £112.00
18 4.4 Milestone: set up0 days Thu 8/22/19Thu 8/22/1917 £0.00
19 5 Testing 3 days Fri 8/23/19 Tue
8/27/19
£264.00
20 5.1 Unit testing 1 day Fri 8/23/19 Fri 8/23/19 18 Project
sponsor,Testing
manager
£88.00
21 5.2 Connections
setting
1 day Mon
8/26/19
Mon
8/26/19
20 Testing
manager
£88.00
22 5.3 Voltage or
current setting
1 day Tue
8/27/19
Tue
8/27/19
21 Testing
manager
£88.00
23 5.4 Milestone:
testing
0 days Tue
8/27/19
Tue
8/27/19
22 £0.00
24 6 Finalizing 4 days Wed 8/28/19Mon 9/2/19 £656.00
25 6.1 Maintenance 2 days Wed 8/28/19Thu 8/29/1923 Project manager,Testing manager£416.00
26 6.2 Closer of project1 day Fri 8/30/19 Fri 8/30/19 25 Project manager£120.00
27 6.3 Submission 1 day Mon 9/2/19 Mon 9/2/19 26 Project manager£120.00
28 6.4 Milestone:
finalizing
0 days Mon 9/2/19 Mon 9/2/19 27 £0.00
Project manager,Resource manager
Resource manager
7/24
Project manager,Project sponsor
Project manager,Resource manager
Project manager
8/2
Designer
Designer
8/12
Developer
Developer
Developer
8/22
Project sponsor,Testing manage
Testing manager
Testing manager
8/27
Project manager,Testing mana
Project manager
Project manager
9/2
Jul Aug Sep Oct
Qtr 3, 2019 Qtr 4, 2019

M2 Explore alternative methods to monitor and meet project
milestones, justify the selection of the chosen method(s).
The alternative method used for the 15V dual power supply is the regulated power supply.
Mainly all the AC power consumed only on the purpose of household circuits. This power or
energy can be converted into the unregulated DC power. This concept uses all the electronic
devices whether it is active or the passive and several sources are used for generating the power
fo0r the project consumption. Through this, the power can be supplied only in partially manner.
This set-up provides a way to fulfill all the phases for the DC power supply. That's the main
reason for using the D4S technology, it can provide sustainability for the products and the items
that can be used in the specific project.
D4S technology reduces the feeding of the non-renewable resources and generates the
technology by using the materials which are mainly renewable resources. This technology covers
the concept of the life cycle of the products and the materials and also specifies the supply chain
management which will be the important aspect in the completion of the project because this
provides the relation for using products with an easy manner and sustainably utilizing them. As
this technology provides the way for the new services and increases the efficiency of the
products. It is commonly used for the recyclability and reduce down the uses of the toxic
elements. This technology used the functions or the elements that can be based on maintaining
the life cycle of the products. So, the life cycle of the products can be maintained through the
duration of the project. It can also be said that this technology is commonly based on recycling
technology of the materials through which the management or sustainability of the project can be
done smoothly.

LO3 Produce a project report analyzing the
outcomes of each of the project processes and
stages
P4 Produce a project report covering each stage of the project
and analyzing project outcomes
Task Name Duration Start Finish Resource Names Cost Task description
Engineering
project 34 days Wed
7/17/19
Mon
9/2/19 £4,424.00
Research 6 days Wed
7/17/19
Wed
7/24/19 £984.00
Collection of
devices 3 days Wed
7/17/19
Fri
7/19/19
Project manager,
the Resource
manager
£672.00
Devices collection
means to the
identification of the
devices that can be
used during the
project.
Resource
collection 3 days Mon
7/22/19
Wed
7/24/19
Resource
manager £312.00
Resource collection is
based on the
collection of items
that can be used for
making the
connections and the
setup.
Milestone:
research 0 days Wed
7/24/19
Wed
7/24/19 £0.00
This is the time where
the task is completed
down and the next
will be proceeding to
start.
Planning 7 days Thu
7/25/19 Fri 8/2/19 £1,048.00
Cost estimation 2 days Thu
7/25/19
Fri
7/26/19
Project manager,
Project sponsor £240.00
Cost estimation is
much more important
because each project
quality depends on the
budget. It gives the
idea about money
which will be
distributed in the
stakeholders and the
resources.
Tools estimation 2 days Mon
7/29/19
Tue
7/30/19
Project manager,
the Resource
£448.00 This estimation
provides the