"Sustainable Minds has created an approach based on rapid assessments and iterative analysis for weighing design alternatives. We view SM as an enabling technology that, when coupled with the other elements of our green design offering, will give help us design greener products for our customers."
Autodesk and Sustainable Minds are empowering companies to make more sustainable design decisions. With Inventor software for Digital Prototyping, Autodesk is helping take designers and engineers beyond 3D to address the most challenging environmental issues.
Manufacturers, consultancies, educators – everyone involved in the product development process can benefit.
Many people in an organization are involved in making decisions about how products are made. That’s why everyone needs to understand and use a whole product systems approach and life cycle thinking – designers, design engineers, product managers, product development directors, sustainability managers, marketers and executives in charge of greener product development.
Sustainable Minds was created for product design and engineering consultancies and manufacturing companies who are championing greener products; and educators in university-level industrial design and mechanical engineering departments teaching the next generation of practitioners.
Manufacturers
Enter new markets and increase revenue by introducing innovative, environmentally superior products that meet customer needs.
- Win more business by demonstrating environmental sustainability
- Enhance brand value by credibly marketing ‘greenness’
- Reduce risk of elongating design cycle by providing easy-to-use tools to assess environmental impact of design options
- Increase employee satisfaction by being associated with greener practices
Consultancies
Product design, engineering, green business
- Differentiate services by acquiring new, high value 'green' skills
- Increase billings by creating new services
- Reduce risk of elongating design cycle by providing easy-to-use tools to assess environmental impact of design options
- Create credibility and substantiation for new solutions
- Increase personal value to, and impact on, your organization’s practice
LCA professionals
- Increase demand for your LCA knowledge and services by enabling clients to integrate and act on LCA findings throughout the product design process.
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Education
Take the lead in developing new, innovative curriculum that integrates environmental sustainability as a core component of business, product development, design and engineering education.
- Add new curriculum and attract new students.
- Empower current faculty to gain new knowledge & skills to keep current with industry and professional demands.