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Verdantix Report: WSP Product Ecology Democratizes LCA Software
Independent analyst firm, Verdantix published a review titled ” WSP Product Ecology Democratizes LCA Software” on 6th September. It can be found at http://www.verdantix.com/index.cfm/papers/Products.Details/product_id/154/wsp-product-ecology-democratizes-lca-software Test-drive Product-Ecology Online at www.productecologyonline.com.
Test-Drive Product Ecology – an Online Environmental Tool for Designers and Business
WSP’s Product Ecology online LCA service for product designers has been officially released at www.productecologyonline.com. Product Ecology allows for fast, easy to create modelling of cradle-to-grave product environmental impacts, backed by the ecoInvent database from the Swiss Centre for Life Cycle Inventories. Register online for immediate Test-Drive 30 day trial account access to the service and...
Life Cycle Thinking by Design
A New Online Environmental Tool for Designers and Business www.productecologyonline.com The way we design, make and unmake products is a major contributor to environmental impacts and issues. Over 80% of product-related environmental impacts are typically locked-in during the design phase of a product. Waste, toxics, global warming and water scarcity impacts can be significantly minimised through intelligent design,...
WSP’s PACT Continues to Gather Momentum
PACT now has 1,359 members taking part in seven countries. WSP’s world first voluntary staff personal carbon reduction scheme – PACT, continues to gather momentum. From a small excel based pilot scheme in 2007 to an online web service, PACT currently has 1,359 members taking part across 7 countries! 890 staff from within WSP, and the...
Simple 6 Point Plan to Reduce your Energy Use
How can businesses best control their energy use? WSP Environment & Energy put together a paper detailing a simple 6-step plan which was published in the Envronment in Business Magazine. Read more and download the article over at WSP Environment & Energy’s main website: http://www.wspenvironmental.com/newsroom/news-2/view/simple-6-point-plan-to-reduce-your-energy-use-209.
Top 10 Green iPhone Apps
Here at WSP Digital we love all things Environmental and all things iPhone. So we were in heaven when we came across this article “The Top Ten Apps To Make You More Green“. Our favourite is Carbon Tracker: “Carbon Tracker iTunes (free) uses GPS to calculate your carbon footprint based on how much your travel. You can...
Designing the Ideal (Green) Office
There is much more to smart office design and workplace harmony that funky ‘break-out’ zones, ping pong tables and expensive DIY espresso machines. We have seen workplace trends and jargon such as hot-desking, hotelling and harbouring come and go, however their currency is gaining favour again. Major corporates from finance,...
Talking eWaste on ABC TV’s Catalyst
WSP Digital’s John Gertsakis, representing Product Stewardship Australia, was featured on the ABC TV program Catalyst last week, discussing the recycling of eWaste: In 2008, nearly 32 million new televisions, computers and computer products were sold in Australia, and in the same year, nearly 17 million items reached the end of their product lives. And in 20...
PACT wins UK Innovation Award
WSP’s PACT program won an award on Thursday night for ‘Innovation & Sustainability’ at the CoreNet Awards Night. Peter Lane, UK Director, collected the award at the prestigious Corporate Occupier Real Estate network (CoreNet) event at The Artillery Garden, HAC in London. CoreNet is a global Chapter organisation with 6,500 members worldwide, and 500 in the UK. It...
E-Waste in a Digital World
Electronic waste, techno-trash and dead TVs. It’s proliferating fast, but we love our electronic devices and they generally serve us well. Most of the time. They offer convenience and pleasure, increase productivity, maximise connectivity, and generate desire, however, they can also contribute to a range of environmental problems. Poor energy efficiency, toxic materials, short product life,...
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Verdantix Report: WSP Product Ecology Democratizes LCA Software
Independent analyst firm, Verdantix published a review titled " WSP ...
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Test-Drive Product Ecology – an Online Environmental Tool for Designers and Business
WSP's Product Ecology online LCA service for product designers has ...
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Life Cycle Thinking by Design
A New Online Environmental Tool for Designers and Business
www.productecologyonline.com
The way ...
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WSP’s PACT Continues to Gather Momentum
PACT now has 1,359 members taking part in seven countries.
WSP's ...
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