Smarter energy sharing

This thesis proposes a product-service-system for Lens-Energie bv. Lens is a Dutch company that provides solar panels to renters in apartment buildings. Their current product benefits from the current net-metering legislation in the Netherlands. Since its is expected that this legislation will be changed in the near future, a new product is...

Positive Impact With Community Currencies

Money is an essential technology used by many people around the globe every day. It is beneficial for efficient trade and saving. The aim of this graduation is to design money. A positive impact on the environmental is made with the design of a so called community currency. In the economy we stumble upon limits which the market cannot easily...

Green Map: A tailormade sustainability approach for FLEX/the INNOVATIONLAB

Sustainable Product Development (SPD) is an inevitable response to the growing awareness that current production, consumption and disposal systems are not feasible on a long term. FLEX/the INNOVATIONLAB® (Flex), a design studio with more than 20 years of experience in product design, recognizes this need and wants to include sustainability in...

CUSTOM SUSTAINABILITY: Design an analysis tool that Spring Associates can strategically apply for sustainability consulting during client meetings

This thesis was performed in cooperation with the Amsterdam-based strategy-consulting firm Spring Associates. This firm is specialized in providing strategic support for a wide range of companies in financial services, new business development and sustainability. However, Spring Associates is facing difficulties in efficiently attracting new...

Contemporary Sustainable Premium Margarine Packaging: A product and strategy design for Unilever

Margarine is a novel product in comparison with butter; however it does have a little over century's heritage. As the timeline moving margarine has continuously improved, now it is the time that margarine starts claiming the premium product title. Hence a research was carried out to explore the opportunities which led to a product innovation. A...

Creating a New Strategy: How to communicate and brand “recycled clothes”

Textiles for Textiles project (T4T) was established to develop a new technology that will reduce the ecological impact of the post consumer textiles. The creation of this new technology lowers the recycling time, giving the T4T partners an opportunity to do new businesses with series of products made with recycled textiles. The T4T partners have...

Green Retail Strategy

The main goal of this project is to investigate the best ways a new sustainable focus can be introduced in Uma - an interior design company located in Hanoi, Vietnam. In near future sustainable interior products developed in the company are going to be introduced to the Vietnamese market through Uma’s shops with the help of the new green retail...

Strategy Development and New Service Design for mobility start-up venture Go About

Mobility is something that is going to change drastically in the coming years and decades. The main influences are the web as a new social medium, and sustainability. Go About is a free offering where workers can plan and register mobility right from Microsoft Outlook as an online service that is integrated in the calendar as a plug-in. They...

Reduce an event's ecological footprint

In today’s society sustainability has become a widely accepted and hot topic. Companies attempt to attract customers by projecting their ‘green image’ with the aim of strengthening their position in their respective industries. In the event business, organizers are becoming increasingly aware of the importance of minimizing the emissions due to...

Creating a business with craft in Haiti: Transform local craft into a product that fits the Western market

The objective of this project was to develop a product that can be produced by basket weavers in Haiti for the Western market, creating employment and income. The product that was developed is a wicker cradle that is based on the sustainable thought of longer use time, natural material use and transparent business.