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Justice-Embedded Requirements Engineering (JERE) for system design

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 May 2024

Bettina K. Arkhurst and
Katherine Fu
Bettina K. Arkhurst*
Affiliation:
Georgia Institute of Technology, United States of America
Katherine Fu
Affiliation:
University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States of America
*
Bettina@gatech.edu

Abstract

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We have a unique opportunity to consider justice in our design of a cleaner energy system. This paper introduces the Justice-Embedded Requirements Engineering (JERE) process, which was created to enable engineers to consider project goals, requirements, and potential project impacts on historically marginalized, climate-vulnerable communities. Given JERE's focus on energy technologies, we demonstrate the process using a concentrating solar power example. JERE provides engineers with a tool to better ensure justice is embedded in the system design process from the beginning.

Keywords

requirements engineeringsustainable designsocio-technical systemsenergy justiceclean energy

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Systems Engineering and Design
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Proceedings of the Design Society , Volume 4: DESIGN 2024 , May 2024, pp. 2493 - 2502
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