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4th Cradle to Cradle Product Design Challenge Winners - Re-Think Everyday Products for Circular EconomyBy Katy Evans | January 23, 2017Made with only two materials, this 100% recyclable camping knife has a product-service system that is safe for both the users and the environment. |
The judges announce the winners of the Transformation 2030 design competition! The competition focused on creating a high performance building and socially responsible design for a site in the South Bronx of New York City.
Autodesk is partnering with Destination Zero Carbon (DZC) to launch a green education programme and competition league in Singapore targeting the Secondary students.
3D printing is poised to revolutionize manufacturing; will it also revolutionize the ecological impacts of making things? Will it really eliminate waste? Will it eliminate shipping? Will it create more problems than it solves? Here are some early answers to these questions,...
We’re happy to announce that we’ve released three online courses targeted to professionals looking for continuing education opportunities in building performance analysis. New today are Autodesk BPA Credits – which are based on the larger BPA Certificate course and are being...
I attended the US Department of Energy’s 2013 Solar Decathlon competition in Irvine, California. Here are just three of the many innovative and creative solutions that have stuck with me.
I contributed a piece about our BPA Certificate program to the Fall 2013 Newsletter of the Society of Building Science Educators (SBSE). The piece I wrote is copied below and, in the second half, talks specifically about the importance of that group and how it has helped shape...
Join a panel discussion next week, on September 10th, with experts discussing the environmental impacts of 3D printing - including our good friend Jer Faludi (who you'll recognize from the videos on this site) and Autodesk's Susan Gladwin.
Earlier this week Architecture 2030 launched the beta of a powerful new educational tool, the 2030 Palette. The website consists of a library of "swatches" with core sustainable design principles, specific design strategies, and images of examples.
In the world of supercars with 800 horsepower engines, massive spoilers, and flamboyant styling, VW just introduced a new type of supercar: one designed to use less than a liter of diesel to go 100 kilometers. Sure, it won’t go 200 miles per hour, but this new car is one of the...
Autodesk, Core77 and iFixit challenged students from around the world to design a smart product that can be easily repaired and will stand the test of time. Participants used the “improving product lifetime” resources on the Sustainability Workshop to learn design for repair,...