15-16 June 2009CBI Conference Centre, London
How can design improve the sustainability of your products and services whilst reducing costs? Are you aware of practical measures that can make a difference? Are you complying with regulation?
Following on from last year’s highly successful event, attend the 2009 sustainable design conference and workshop for best practice advice from those leading the way in sustainable design, and discover how standards in this area can benefit your business.
15 June - Pre-conference workshop
16 June - Conference
NEW for 2009:
Streamed sessions and case studies in the areas of product and packaging design, service and event design, and communication and graphic design. Experience more targeted learning, enhanced sharing of expertise and greater networking opportunities.
Attend this conference and workshops for:
- The latest news on Governmental sustainable design initiatives
- An update on British Standards in sustainable design
- Explanations on how and where sustainability can be built into the design process
- Predictions on trends and future developments
- How to design sustainably in a recession
- Case studies from organizations leading the way
- Seperate streams for: product design; packaging design; service design; and communication design.
There will be opportunity for networking and discussion during the conference and drinks reception.
Associated sponsor
Supporting organizations
Chair’s introduction
Martin Charter
Director, The Centre for Sustainable Design, University for the Creative Arts
Plenary sessions
Current sustainable design initiatives
Chris Sherwin
Head of Innovation, Forum for the Future
How standards can help you implement sustainable design
- How standards can help you now
- New initiatives in standards for design and innovation
- Priorities for the future
Dan Palmer
Head of Market Development – Manufacturing and Services, BSI British Standards
What is sustainable design? Terminology and metrics
- What is sustainable design?
- Does it mean different things to different people?
- When does a product or service stop being sustainable?
- Is there a need for common terminology?
- What can be done to improve the sustainability of products and services?
- Can we apply certain principles or techniques during the design process.
- What metrics can we use to indicate levels of sustainability?
- Footprinting and life cycle assessment
- But what about the social aspects and how do we decide upon the trade-offs between social, economic and environmental?
Simon Cordingley
Director, Compass Professional Development
Changing consumer behaviour through design
- Is designing sustainably enough? Do we need to go further?
- How can we design sustainable behaviour?
Dr Tracy Bhamra
Reader in Sustainable Design & Research Coordinator, Department of Design & Technology, Loughborough University
The importance of a life cycle approach to design – how the changing climate, economy, new business models and stakeholder’s concerns affect design
- The need for a life-cycle approach to design
- Climate change
- Resource availability and energy supply
- Economic constraints
- Stakeholder pressures
- Turning challenges into opportunities for design
Leigh Holloway
Co-founder and Director, Eco³
Discussion session: Educating and training designers, what needs to be done?
- How can existing designers be educated in sustainable design?
- What about future generations?
- Where are the jobs for sustainable designers?
Additional panellists include:
Lesley Morris,
Head of Design Skills, Design Council
Jenni Rosser,
Head of Cleaner Design, Envirowise
| Stream 1: Product design |
Stream 2: Packaging design |
Stream 3: Service design |
Stream 4: Communication design |
Case study – Implementing BS 8887 Design for remanufacture and reuse
- Introduction to BS 8887
- Key principles for the design process
- Case study: Meos G2 design for remanufacture project
- Conclusions
Casper Gray
Director, Wax RDC
David Parker
Head of Manufacturing, Centre for Remanufacturing and Reuse
Case study – No green bull. How Orangebox have implemented sustainability into their design process
- Experiences of embedding sustainable design in a medium sized company
- Taking responsibility and creating agents for change
- The importance of transparent internal and external communication
- Closing the loop through sustainable design, cradle to cradle thinking and applying end-of-life strategies
- The environmental agenda is the business agenda and sustainable design is good design
Dr Frank O’connor
Director, Ecodesign Centre
Luke Palmer
Product Designer, Orangebox |
Packaging’s contribution to sustainability
- What needs to be done to improve the packaging supply chain?
- What needs to happen to improve recovery of materials and energy from used packaging?
- How manufacturers and retailers can help consumers live more sustainably
Jane Bickerstaffe
Director, INCPEN (Industry Council for Packaging & the Environment)
Case study – How Boots is implementing sustainability into the design of their packaging
- Product journeys - understanding the role packaging plays in product sustainability
- Embedding sustainability into your NPD process - a journey of learning
- Balancing life cycle considerations with brand values
- Linking packaging and product design to deliver more sustainable products
- The next step of the journey - challenges for the future
Andrew Jenkins
Sustainable Development Manager - Products, Boots UK Limited
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The future of sustainable services
- Services, behviour change and low carbon living
- Low carbon service innovation - some current and concept case studies
- Using future scenarios as a service design tool
- How can we get to a low carbon world?
Fiona Bennie
Senior sustainability advisor, Forum for the Future
Case study - BS 8901 best practice at One Wimpole Street
- Why we chose BS 8901 (Sustainable event
management system)
- The process of implementation
- What we gained
- Hindsight and review
Craig Wallace
Conference and Events Manager, One Wimpole Street
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Discussion session: The need for appropriate guidelines in communication design
- What do designers need?
- Where can this guidance come from?
- Is there currently guidance out there?
- How do you embed sustainability in your practice?
How do you embed sustainability in your practice?
- Get your house in order/ greening up the design studio
- Outputs: print
- The environmental impacts (energy,
waste, water, chemicals, ink etc)
- Outputs: paper
- Environmental impacts of paper
production
- What you can do about it
- Is digital more green?
- Environmental impacts of the digital
output of design
- ‘Cradle to cradle’ thinking in the design process
Sophie Thomas
Co-founder, Three Trees Don’t Make A Forest
Nat Hunter
Co-founder, Three Trees Don’t Make A Forest
Caroline Clark
Co-founder, Three Trees Don’t Make A Forest |
Plenary sessions
Discussion session: How can different sectors work together to improve sustainable design?
- What are the common issues?
- What guidance/standards do graphic designers need?
Sustainable design in brief: Embedding sustainability in the design brief and how can you persuade clients of the need for sustainable design and win business in a recession
- Context
- Designer’s must persuade themselves
- When should you persuade?
- How to persuade the client?
- Elements to include in the brief
- Common pitfalls
Casper Gray
Director, Wax RDC
All those involved in the design, development and innovation of new products, across all sectors, including:
- Designers
- Design managers and directors
- Design engineers
- Environment managers
- Sustainability advisors
- Packaging designers
- Project and programme managers
- Graphic designers
- Design strategists
- Consultants.
Pre-conference workshop - 15 June 2009
Design for remanufacture
The workshop aims to enhance remanufacturing understanding and is for designers and others that may have an interest in sustainable manufacture and design. Its key objectives are to:
- Identify the key factors that influence product remanufacturability
- List the most significant product features and characteristics
- Align the most prominent product features with particular activities of the remanufacturing process.
Content includes:
- Background to explain remanufacturing
- understanding of terminology
- Identification of factors/issues that may affect remanufacturability
- Initial identification of good and bad product features
- Putting product features in context of the remanufacturing process
Dr Winifred Ijomah
Lecturer in Product Design Engineering, University of Strathclyde
BSI’s conference workshops provide detailed learning, guidance and practical advice through small groups and one to one interaction with highly skilled and knowledgeable tutors. The workshops can provide a greater depth of understanding and enable you to get to grips with challenging and technical subjects.
