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What is Greenfly?

Greenfly is an online tool for designers to asses and integrate environmental considerations into their products using eco design strategies and life cycle assessment (LCA) data . Greenfly guides the user quickly and simply through product life cycle stages and provides environmental assessment onscreen in real time. Greenfly also provides the user with practical and assessable guides and tips on sustainable design. Greenfly employs the latest web technology allowing for the easy integration of extra features such as regulatory compliance in future versions.

Greenfly has been developed as an essential support tool that can be applied in a commercial environment. Over several years of research, review and prototyping, the design and development team has also observed the scarcity of user-friendly DfS tools that have relevance to Australian designers and manufacturers. While there is ample theory and rhetoric, there is a major gap in practical yet robust DfS tools. Ongoing consultation by the Centre for Design, the Design Institute Australia (DIA) and WSP Environmental has resulted in Greenfly online, a tool developed specifically to assist designers and product developers.

Greenfly was developed with support from the Victorian Government’s Sustainability Fund

Why do you need Greenfly?

• Greenfly will help you produce environmental preferable products
• You will be able to make more informed design decisions, integrating sustainability into your products
• Greenfly allows you to see on screen, in real time the potential environmental impacts your design
• This tool will help you communicate environmental benefits against cost to you clients

Who is Greenfly for?

Greenfly is designed for anyone that is involved in the development of products. From designers, engineers, manufactures and management. Greenfly provides invaluable assistance in order to integrate and ensure ongoing environmental improvements.

How Does it Work?

Greenfly offers a wide range of online functions to assist in integrating environmental features during the product development process including:

Construct and Compare Designs

The main feature of Greenfly is the ability to enter information regarding a design concept such as materials, manufacturing processes, transport assumptions, operational use and end of life options. Consequently, calculating and identifying where the greatest impacts are occurring. Design considerations are provided for each life cycle phase to assist the user in addressing and reducing the environmental burden of the product. As well as this the user is able to compare the life cycle results of different designs.

Free Greenfly Trial

For a limited time you can Greenfly for free! Go to www.greenflyonline.org and register to get free unlimited access to eco design assistance.