In our modem society, all products and services are based on the use of energy and material resources. While the products and services of stone-age hunter-gatherers or a primitive village economy may ...

Stroll through any aisle in the grocery store today and it won’t take long to find products that claim to be sustainable. Some brands might profess how much energy was offset to make a product, while ...

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) has become a pivotal tool in evaluating the environmental performance of lightweight automotive design. By examining the entire lifespan of a vehicle—from raw material ...

A new study shows how digital building models can be used to pinpoint where carbon emissions occur across a building’s entire ...

To initiate change of any kind, one must first be aware of the problem at hand. In the construction industry –which is responsible for 39% of global greenhouse gas emissions and countless other ...

Every product has a life cycle, which is similar, in some ways, to the cycle of life. First, is the production stage, in which the product is manufactured, processed or harvested. From there, the ...

As system complexities rise and management and market pressures drive tight schedules, engineers find that meeting schedules and budgets are constantly top concerns. The innate, driving, subconscious ...

Businesses around the globe are under pressure to shorten their product development cycles while reducing cost and maintaining quality. This is due to relentless competition, high customer ...