design guidelines for solarpunk projects

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+Title: Design Guidelines for Solarpunk Projects
+Date: 2023-03-26
+Category: Notes
+Summary: Elements of successful solarpunk projects
+
+#### Follow Pete Seeger's advice as much as you can:
+  > If it can't be reduced, reused, repaired, rebuilt, refurbished, refinished, resold, recycled, or composted, then it should be restricted, designed or removed from production.
+
+#### Select components that are common or sourced in bulk 
+Common or bulk materials means lots of supply, which means low cost and high availability.
+Don't force builders to search out substitutes.
+
+#### Parameterize designs 
+Parameterized designs allow to be flexible and adaptable
+
+#### Keep designs modular
+Modular designs are easy to repair and remix.
+Damaged components can be easily swapped out or repaired
+
+#### Keep failure-prone or high-wear components accessible 
+So they are easy to service.
+Prefer low-wear and low-failure prone components, materials and designs.
+
+#### Avoid extraneous components
+The most reliable component is one that doesn't exist.
+
+#### Designs should be implementable
+Designs should be implementable without having to remake the earth or having to learn an entire field of study.
+If you do ask your user or builder to learn something, make it something high-value.
+
+#### Prefer designs that help users develop useful conceptual models
+A conceptual model is an explanation, usually simplified, of how something works.
+Completeness or accuracy is less important than usefulness.