Design Outsourcing

If you are involved in product design, you need to understand how a product impacts on the environment. To develop truly sustainable products, you must be able to assess which design solution is environmentally preferable.

10 Guidelines for Ecodesign

1. Do not design products, but life cycles
2. Natural materials are not always better
3. Energy consumption: often underestimated
4. Increase product life time
5. Do not design products, but services
6. Use a minimum of material
7. Use recycled materials
8. Make your product recyclable
9. Ask stupid questions
10. Become an O2 member!

To read the full article, visit Product Ecology Consultants.