Product Sustainability: Critical Information to Succeed in a Changing Marketplace

As an architect, you're responsible for creating innovative products that satisfy customer requirements and demands. As the marketplace evolves, customers are placing more significance on sustainability. Companies and engineers need to have adequate knowledge about sustainability to keep up with these changing demands and ensure their products don't become obsolete or lose out to competitors with more sustainable products. Join us for this session to build a base understanding of product sustainability and pick up practical tips on designing for sustainability.

Learning Objectives

  1. Review key terms to better Review key terms to better understand sustainability.understand Sustainability
  2. Learn how to apply life cycle thinking and life cycle assessments to product development and production
  3. Explore the circular economy and its benefits related to sustainable product development.
  4. Examine green building certifications and how to design to their guidelines.