I have been involved in the development of an exciting new tool that has will be officially launched this week at DesignEx in Sydney, Australia.  Greenfly is an online Product Design tool that helps designers determine the environmental impacts of their products.  It produces real-time assessments relating to Global Warming, Energy Use, Water Use and Waste in each of the product life-cycle stages.

From the website:

“Greenfly – The future of eco design. An easy to use, yet powerful online tool for designers to integrate environmental considerations into their products using eco design strategies and life cycle assessment data.

Produce environmentally preferable products. Make informed design decisions to integrate sustainability into your products.

Instantly compare environmental impacts. Communicate environmental and budget considerations to clients. Greenfly is designed for anyone involved in the development of products. From designers, engineers and manufactures to management and marketing.”

Technically, Greenfly relies heavily on AJAX and JSON to enable its very Web 2.0 web-interface.  The site has a video demonstrating the features of the system which you can check out at the Greenfly website:

www.greenflyonline.org

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