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Design for Sustainability

2-day course | Group course (6-12 people) | Learn methods and language for creating sustainable industrial and consumer goods. Use value engineering to evaluate impacts and plan sustainability measures.
Design for Sustainability

Course overview

Introduction to Design for Sustainability: after two days, you will be able to apply the process and key methods in your day-to-day activities.

  • Basic understanding of where Design for Sustainability sits within the holistic context of sustainability transformation
  • Why, how and where in the incremental development of industrial and consumer goods
  • Hands-on application of the process in line with the value engineering procedure
  • Practical application of methods and tools (e.g. best practice, creative techniques and corresponding templates)
  • Support with implementing the corporate sustainability strategy in business operations
  • Acceleration of the further development of internal processes
  • Short theory components and practical application using sample products

Course duration: 2 days

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Course details

  • Course objectives

    With established methods like life cycle assessment and approaches from the circular economy, you can evaluate products based on the value engineering process. You will independently apply the concepts you have learned and convey the need for sustainability both internally and to clients.

  • Target group

    • People in product development looking for support in implementing sustainable practices in their business activities (project managers, product managers, developers or designers)
    • People with a general interest in sustainable product development

    No prior knowledge is required; this course is aimed at people with little or no prior knowledge of sustainability.

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As an independent training provider, we offer hands-on company courses tailored to your specific requirements. Find out how we can shape the perfect Design for Sustainability course for you and your team to maximise learning benefit.

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