SolidWorks Sustainability

Can your company meet customers’ growing demand for eco-friendly products? In a couple of years, you won’t have a choice. Sustainable design gets you there ahead of the market with great, green products.

Sustainable design hinges on Life Cycle Assessment (LCA),  which is an in-depth, cradle-to-grave analysis of your product. LCA gives you the information and confidence to make smart, environmentally friendly decisions before manufacturing begins. The analysis looks at a product’s entire life, which encompasses ore extraction, material production, manufacturing, product use, end-of-life disposal, and all of the transportation that occurs between these stages.

Sustainable design looks at how your product’s development will affect four crucial environmental factors:

• air acidification
• carbon footprint
• total energy consumed
• water eutrophication

Measuring these impacts will help you better design for the environment. SolidWorks Sustainability technology enables you to quickly and easily assess the environmental impact of your design to create more sustainable products.