Our term project consisted of conducting a full eco-audit and sustainable redesign of the Rollplay Mini Cooper S toy car. We began our analysis by performing a full disassembly of the car into its individual components. We then weighed each component, identified the materials used, and utilized this data to perform a baseline eco-audit. This analysis allowed us to determine the amount of embodied energy, carbon emissions, and water used to source the materials, manufacture the car, transport it to a consumer, and be used over the course of its lifetime. Here’s a copy of our final report discussing our eco-audit and re-design: 171 Final Paper

Above is a photoshopped banner including all of the individual components. The banner represented all parts to size and spanned about 8.5 feet in length.

Below is a video of the kiddy-car dissection with a bit of comical footage of us racing it to preface.