The two combined means truly greener products.Ecodesign systematically incorporates environmental considerations into the design process. LCA is a widely used and highly effective way to measure the relative ‘green-ness’ of a product.

Ecodesign overview
Life cycle assessment (LCA) overview
LCA process
Single figure LCA
Using environmental impacts vs. process flows to measure environmental performance

Autodesk and Sustainable Minds

Digital prototyping of environmental performance in early stage design

To design more sustainable products – i.e. products with better environmental performance – we need to think and work differently. It means a whole systems approach and a life cycle mindset to product design must be adopted and incorporated during the conceptual design stage.

To help product design teams build better environmental performance into their products early in the design process, Sustainable Minds and Autodesk have partnered to provide information on ecodesign and life cycle assessment.Autodesk Alias Design 3D modeling software allows industrial designers to create and visualize design concepts. Introducing rich information on ecodesign and life cycle assessment alongside Alias, enables design teams to incorporate new knowledge to make informed trade-offs. By understanding the life cycle environmental impacts of their concepts, Alias users can ideate and iterate to create products with better environmental performance.

Introduction>
Operationalizing greener product design; why estimating impacts early is important
There is no such thing as a 'green' or 'sustainable' product.
Sustainable Minds makes the LCA process fast and easy.
About the SM2011 Methodology
Interpreting and communicating results