Design for sustainability (DFS) has a similar framework to manufacturing in terms of materials, processes, and suppliers involved in producing a product. The seven DFS steps are yet to be a standard process.

Product sustainability is like solving a 3D puzzle involving doers, data, and diligence. The essential doers are scattered across five main teams dealing with different acronyms, from product disclosures to corporate reporting.

EV car model year 2025 will have a record number of new introductions. That is a lot of batteries to be recycled. The top 10 EV battery recycling plants in the US will have an estimated capacity to process over 1M EV batteries a year.

Vineyard Wind 1 and its 62 wind turbines is the largest wind project under construction in the United States. 400,000 homes and businesses across the Commonwealth of Massachusetts will be powered.

The Climate Pledge Arena has a 18,300 person capacity. There are an estimated 20,000 people with five or more years of professional experience in product sustainability: a number that can almost fit into it.

Crocs announced that it was pushing back its net-zero target from 2030 to 2040 after recording a 45% increase in absolute emissions year-on-year representing 245K metric tons of CO2e.

The US Air Force C-17 Globemaster III cargo plane had a key design requirement: deliver the 55 ton M-1 Abrams tank onto austere air fields like dry river beds. Designing with purpose needs to include sustainability.

The water level in Lake Mead sank to 1,040 feet above sea level during the summer of 2022, its lowest ever. The Colorado River system is the key water supply for 40 million Americans across seven states.

Qatar was host of the FIFA 2022 World Cup. One of the new venues built was Stadium 974. 974 represents the country code for Qatar and number of recycled shipping containers used in its construction.

Holiday season means family gatherings around food and high activity in the kitchen. Our upgraded range with 30,000 BTU of oven cooking prowess is also a source of indoor air pollution.

220 votes in the House of Representatives on August 12, 2022 confirmed H.R.5376, also known as the Inflation Reduction Act, on the road to being a law. A new field of dreams and ball game has begun.

The next wave of electric vehicles will have an average battery size close to 100kWh, the equivalent of 20K 9V batteries, with the ability to go vehicle-to-grid, vehicle-to-home, or vehicle-to-chainsaw.

The underlying element most essential for skin health is collagen. Its loss can account for the development of fine lines, sagging, and loss of volume. Replacing 2 oz of collagen lost per adult is a $8B business from primarily animal sources.

In order to reach gigaton decarbonization goals, we need to make better decisions beyond the four most used static rules in enterprise systems today: shortest queue, shortest path, first in first out, and last in first out.

Making sense of carbon markets, reporting, mandates, and accounting is a steep learning curve. I feel the need for speed in making carbon sense seem common sense. 33 acronyms to start processing it.

‘Five 9s’ or 99.999% uptime means that a service is available for its intended use except for 5 minutes and 15 seconds a year. Some capture this in written service level agreements, others just convey it as a lofty goal.

92274 is the zip code for Salton Sea Beach in Imperial Valley, CA. Some call it Lithium Valley with officials estimating that 600,000 tons of lithium could be produced every year.

1.008 amu is the atomic weight of Hydrogen, the lightest element on the periodic table with a high energy density but loses two thirds of its efficiency after transport.

300B square meters of building space in the world by 2030, with 65B of those square meters to be added this decade and zero net energy goals gaining traction.

372 kilometers per hour is the fastest recorded track speed for a Formula 1 car: the ultimate development and testing machine for sustainable fuel.