Research Guides: Design: Sustainability & Design

Sustainability Journals

You can find journal titles that University Libraries subscribes and offers access to at the Online Journals List.

Books

Design for Environmental Sustainability by Vezzoli, Carlo
Call Number: TS171.4 (ebook)
ISBN: 1447173643
Design for Sustainability by Janis Birkeland; Kirsten Halsnaes (Editor); Anil Markandya (Editor)
Call Number: GE350 .B57 2002 (Thompson Library)
ISBN: 1853839000
Radical Matter
Call Number: TS171.4 .F72 2018 (Architecture Library)
ISBN: 9780500519622
Sustainability in Interior Design by Sian Moxon
Call Number: NK2113 .M69 2012 (ebook)
ISBN: 9781856698146
Why Materials Matter
Call Number: TS171.4 .S65 2018 (FIN Open Reserve)
ISBN: 9783791384719

Many designers are now thinking about how to be more environmentally sensitive in their work. This page introduces some resources to help design students think through their own practices and guide them in thinking about sustainability as they design products, services, and interiors.

Websites & Guides

The following are guides and websites developed by firms pushing for more sustainable practices in design.

The Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR) Design Guide for Plastics Sustainability
The APR Design® Guide for Plastics Recyclability is published to help package design engineers at consumer brand companies and converters create packaging that is fully compatible with plastics recycling systems in North America.
The Circular Design Guide
Developed by IDEO and the Ellen MacArthur Foundation.The design thinking approach that underpins this guide allows you to explore new ways to create sustainable, resilient, long-lasting value in the circular economy – giving you the creative confidence to redesign the world around you.
Dezeen Magazine: Sustainable Design
Current articles on sustainable design.
EPA Design for the Environment
EPA's Design for the Environment (DfE) works in partnership with industry, environmental groups, and academia to reduce risk to people and the environment by finding ways to prevent pollution.
espdesign
From the site: Our design guide section provides you with practical information and advice to help you design more environmentally, socially and financially sustainable products and services.
Guidebook for Designing Products and Services with Sustainable Attributes
Published by the Design Work Group at the West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum, this guide is meant to help designer assess their progress toward sustainability.
TED Talks on Sustainability by Design
Twelve TED Talks by designers on their process and concerns related to sustainability.

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Databases for Sustainability

Environment & Energy Publishing This link opens in a new window Environment & Energy Publishing (E&E) is the leading source for comprehensive, daily coverage of environmental and energy policy and markets. Provides daily news updates on environmental and energy policy topics and links to online publications including Environment and Energy daily, ClimateWire, EnergyWire, Greenwire and E&ENews PM. Also includes articles, webcast video, and transcripts. Subject areas covered by reporters include: U.S. federal legislation, U.S. environmental regulation and federal agencies, international and U.S. climate policy issues, global energy resources and markets, unconventional energy (fracking, deep water, etc.), electric utilities, alternative energy, air and water issues. hazardous and toxic substances public lands, endangered species, mining and agriculture, and technology.
GreenFILE This link opens in a new window Information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment in scholarly and general-interest journals and government publications.

Powerhouse Museum Sustainable Design Database Examples of design that have met environmental standards. Published by the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney, Australia.

Social Justice + Design

Equity by Design Equity by Design was founded to address and minimize barriers in order to maximize our collective potential for success.
An Incomplete List of Resources for the Equity-Centered Designer Compiled by Isabelle Yisak, Program Manager at Creative Reaction Lab in St. Louis, MO.

Design for the Other 90% by Cynthia Smith, Martin Fisher, Barbara Bloemink, Paul Polak, Amy Smith
Call Number: TS171.4 .D476 2007
ISBN: 9780910503976
Publication Date: 2007