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Systemic Software: An IT Network at the Service of the Environment

By Clara Ceppa.

Published by Design Principles and Practices: An International Journal

Current production processes do not fully exploit natural resources and discard a significant percentage. To restrain this phenomenon we need to create, in collaboration with Neosidea Group, an instrument for making the changes needed on the level of the management, organization and procurement of raw materials and energy. We can start seeing the importance of creating an IT instrument based on the concept of an open-loop system that can help companies, according to their business purpose or geographical location, to organize themselves into "ecological networks" to achieve production that moves towards zero emissions by means of sustainable management and valorization of waste: by following the first principle of Systemic Design, waste (output) of one productive system can be used as a resource (input) for another. Linked enterprises could reach a condition of reciprocal advantage by allowing the reutilization of the materials put out by their production processes; profits can be obtained from the sale of these outputs. The constant exchange of information and sharing of knowledge between the players involved allows a continuous systemic culture to spread, along with the concepts of prevention and the ongoing improvement of the environment. Essentially I’m proposing an IT network at the service of the environment, a web that speaks to the earthly roots of humanity and the deep need for a revived attention to nature and the resources it offers. The huge amount of data obtained by using Systemic Software is a precious asset and a vital platform for designer, scholars of the environment, researchers, ecologists, public agencies, local administrators and, obviously, for entrepreneurs, who will be able to work in a more sustainable way. The combination of the systemic approach and this technological support instrument improves understanding that an effective environmental protection is not in conflict with the economic growth of enterprises.

Design Principles and Practices: An International Journal, Volume 4, Issue 3, pp.345-354. Article: Print (Spiral Bound). Article: Electronic (PDF File; 1.923MB).

Clara Ceppa

Ph.D. Research Fellow, DIPRADI - Architectural and Industrial Design Department, Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy