The SHINE research center at MIT is a collaborative effort between researchers at MIT and a consortium of industry members from from various sectors who seek to apply NetPositive methods as a means of making their handprints larger than their footprints.
Handprints are created through the creation and spread of innovations, such as novel products, materials, activities and processes that function with greater efficiency, provide increased benefits and reduce wastes and adverse effects.
Check out articles and publications below to know more about Research at SHINE:
Burek, J., Bauer, C., Kirchain, R., Moore, E., Gregory, J., & Norris, G. (2022). Assessing handprint potentials for business’s eco-innovation. Sustainable Production and Consumption, 29, 201-214.
Norris, G.A., Burek, J., Moore, E.A., Kirchain, R.E., Gregory, J., 2021. Sustainability Health Initiative for NetPositive Enterprise handprint methodological framework. Int. J. Life Cycle Assess. 1, 3.
Norris 2013 An Introduction to Handprints and Handprinting
Norris 2015 Handprints of Product Innovation A Case Study of Computer-aided Design in the Automotive Sector
Norris 2015 Handprint-Based NetPositive Assessment
Norris 2017 A Framework for Comparing and Understanding NetPositive Goals