In line with the BMBF-research project ecobiente, econcept has composed a customers’ brochure “Sustainable houses – Good Living – A Product choice manual for sustainable building and living”. Customers can come to know through a test, which personal behavior they have towards sustainability, which design strategies suit them best and they can discover that it’s possible to recognize…
ecobiente – successful design of sustainable products
The research project “successful design of sustainable goods” supports the commercial viability and the acceptance of sustainable goods. It was promoted by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research. The project aimed to impact companies and designers who develop or provide ecological sustainable goods. The project paid attention to the opportunities that design has to…
Customer Brochure Sustainable Houses – Good Living
In line with BMBF-Research project ‘ecobiente’ econcept has composed a customer’s brochure “Sustainable houses – Good living – Product choice manual for sustainable building and living”. Customers can in 29 pages e.g. come to know in a test, which personal behaviour they have towards sustainability, which design strategies suit the best for that purpose and how it’s possible to…
Lecture in St. Pölten, Austria
Ecodesign Symposium during the Tokyo Design Week
Ursula Tischner speaks at Ecodesign Symposium during the Tokyo Design Week on 30.11.2008 from 10.00 to 17:30 hrs at the Tokyo Midtown Design HUB, Midtown Tower, Roppongi, Tokyo Program and application form can be downloaded here: Ecodesign-Program-E
Ecological Concepts of Product Design
Implementation of ecological concepts of product design amongst the companies of mechanical engineering industry The project “Espresso” has been developed together with the Business Unit Prepress sector from Kiel, as well as with the Lynotyoe/Hell printing machines from Heidelberg. It was about the integration of concepts of ecological product design within the company. Ecological design…
ISO/TR 14062
Ursula Tischner is co-author of the ISO/TR 14062. It describes concepts and current practices relating to the integration of environmental aspects into product design and development. This technical report adopts a holistic approach by specifically addressing issues related to strategic, management and product considerations. ISO/TR 14062:2002
ORGATEC the 21st October 2008
ORGATEC The 21st October 2008 from 14:00 h to 15:00 h Ultima Office Dialogue Program Hall 6, Stand A70/B71 The aspects of sustainability are essential topics to understand, which currently concerns (not only) office and commercial furniture. For this reason, Ultima Office Dialogue picks up this pursuit. Dirk Boll, Sales & Marketing Director Central Europe,…
Greenfashion Project
The Next Fashion Revolution is GREEN The GREEN FASHION project will revolutionise the Sustainability of fashion value chains and life cycles. Fashion shall be attractive, resource efficient, produced in a fair way, and deliver good value for the producers and consumer alike. And it is not just about fashion but all raw materials, the zippers,…
Successful strategies for Product Service Systems
Development of a promising design strategy, based on the analysis of best practice examples of PSS’s and of international methodic approaches to their systematic development, for an Austrian Product Service System (PSS) provider. Schedule: January 2006 tol January 2007 Project partners GrAT / TU Wien, STENUM GmbH and econcept Summary: The central goal of the project…