10xE Challenge - Case Study Guidelines

Case Study Guidelines:

1. Introduction (1 page)
2. Base Case design: Traditional modus operandi (2 pages)
3. 10xE Case design: Radically efficient innovation (2 pages)
4. Comparison
   • Results: Overall efficiency gains and benefits (1/2 page)
   • Qualitative Comparison (1/2 page)
5. Technical Analysis: Key numbers and calculations behind critical technologies or systems
   (1 to 3 pages)
6. Policy Implications - How does one evaluate the impact of this technology in terms of the environment, economic and social issues ? (1/2 page)
7. Entrepreneurship - Are there intellectual property issues associated with this technology ? How is financing obtained for a startup ? How is management convinced to buy in for a medium or large corporation ? (1/2 page).
8. Conclusion
   • Underlying principles and their implications (1 page)
   • Barriers and levers to real world implementation and scaling (1 page)
9. Appendices (10 pages)

*Case studies are not asking for documentation of proprietary information. Instead, they intend to understand the design mindset and logic that enabled radical efficiency

Case Study Writing Tips:

1. Energy savings over conventional design
2. Design process used and how it differed from conventional approach
3. Motivation for the design
4. Operational cost saved versus conventional design (in energy and resource use)
5. Capital cost difference versus conventional design
6. Problems encountered with the design process and/or the completed project
7. Other benefits of this design