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Green is the colour
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10/10/2008
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Pressure is mounting on designers to think about the environment and that pressure is being applied from two general directions.
From one side comes concern about global warming. By designing components and products that consume less power, the need to generate power is reduced and, hence, greenhouse gas emissions are cut.
The other main pressure comes from a need to stop waste electrical and electronic products going to landfill. Part of this solution is for products to be designed for recycling.
But just what is ‘environmental design’ and what issues does it raise? We asked a panel of experts. Taking part were Envirowise’s cleaner design specialist Jenni Rosser, Luke Robbins, sustainable design specialist with Industrial Design Consultancy (IDC), Steve Chambers, head of Sagentia’s science and technology division, and Mathew Palmer, business development manager, embedded technologies, from The Technology Partnership.
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Author
Graham Pitcher
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