SUSTAINABLE Minds has released Sustainable Minds 1.0, a SaaS software and information service said to allow users to create environmentally sustainable products.
According to Sustainable Minds, the Sustainable Minds 1.0 integrates on-demand, web-based software with educational content, enabling customers to apply ecodesign strategies.
Users can generate innovative and green product concepts while using life cycle assessment (LCA) to measure its potential environmental and human health impacts.
Unlike other new LCA software, Sustainable Minds says its program can assess an entire product system, assemblies, sub-assemblies and parts. It models impacts in all life cycle stages from manufacturing (materials/processes), use, end of life and transportation.
Sustainable Minds says the software provides real time analyses which allows users to make informed trade-offs between standard product design criteria such as performance, cost and aesthetics with environmental impact.
The software integrates three components, LCA, Learning Centre which is an environment that provides information on environmental sustainability design practices and Community which allows users to connect with other professionals in manufacturing, consulting and education industries.
Sustainable Minds uses the Okala Methodology which evaluates 10 environmental impact categories.
Sustainable Minds 1.0 interoperates with any CAD or PLM system for easy import of bill of material data.