Recent Posts
-
Design for Green Growth Trends
Environmental issues and impacts are a source of much debate and discussion, from climate change and oil spills, through to green architecture, green IT, reusable coffee cups and bike share systems. The term ‘Sustainability’ introduces even more challenging opportunities which span social and cultural demands. Consumers are increasingly interested in more than just recycled toilet [...]
-
E-Waste in a Digital World
Electronic waste, techno-trash and dead TVs. It’s proliferating fast, but we love our electronic devices and they generally serve us well. Most of the time. They offer convenience and pleasure, increase productivity, maximise connectivity, and generate desire, however, they can also contribute to a range of environmental problems. Poor energy efficiency, toxic materials, short product [...]
-
Greenpeace Guide to Greener Electronics
For anyone interested in the sustainability of ICT and consumer electronics products, the Greenpeace Guide to Greener Electronics, certainly provides an activist’s view of environmental performance. The Guide ranks the 18 top manufacturers of personal computers, mobile phones, TVs and games consoles according to their policies on toxic chemicals, recycling and climate change. Nokia and [...]
-
Product Ecology profiled in The Fifth Estate
A plethora of environmental rating tools always provides a point of discussion and debate among designers, specifiers and developers. While such tools can offer a more objective assessment of buildings, products and materials, they can also result in confusion and disharmony about relevance and rigour. A recent article by Lynne Blundell, on the sustainable property [...]
