During his 16-year career with GE Healthcare, Robert Meurer initiated life cycle design through awareness, education and practice. Co-developing a life cycle design guide for cross-functional teams, he created the first design for an environmental course for GE’s Edison Engineering Development program, facilitated workshops within GE Global Design, Appliances and collaborated with GE’s Global Research Eco-Assessment team. With GE Healthcare Product Stewardship, he’s integrating life cycle thinking into Global Design’s Menlo Innovation Lab, where cross-functional teams are immersed in alternative, hands-on approaches to improve the GE brand experience. In 1992, he earned his bachelor’s in industrial design from Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design. He went into consulting. Later he founded Initiative Design Inc., working with Johnson Controls and startups.
Track:
Medical + Health Design
Session Title:
Getting to a More Sustainable Future for Health Care
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