PROFESSIONAL TOOLS

FOR PRACTICING DESIGNERS

Okala Professional Tools

We will post new materials for use by professional product designers in mid-late 2005. These materials will be developed using results from extensive testing at design offices conducted in 2004-2005.

Business-Ecodesign Tools

Business-Ecodesign Tools (2000) provides a concise and practical toolkit for designers to improve the environmental performance of products. It addresses business integration in both corporations and consultancies, describes fast impact reduction methods and impact factors created using the European Eco-Indicator '99 impact characterization method.



VIEW the online version of Tools (ideal for printing).

DOWNLOAD IDSA_Business_Ecodesign_Tools.pdf (1.1 MB)

Ecodesign Information Surveys

The following documents resulted from surveys taken about the ecodesign information needs of IDSA members.

2004 Ecodesign Information Needs Report
This report compiles the results of a voluntary survey taken of practicing product designers who were members of IDSA in August 2004. The IDSA Ecodesign Section compiled this information as input for the Partnership between the IDSA and the US Environmental Protection Agency.



DOWNLOAD IDSA_Ecodesign_Report_Oct_04.pdf (208 KB)


2003 survey: Ecological performance of electronic products
Survey of product designers from IDSA conducted by the Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition and Orb Analysis for Design in 2003.



DOWNLOAD IDSA_Elec_Prod_Ecodesign.pdf (124 KB)