o2NYC Go Green http://o2nyc.net/gogreen.php en-US http://backend.userland.com/rss092 o2NYC: Green + Interaction Design <p>What do sustainability and interaction design have to do with each other? Interaction design is a powerful tool to approach the subject of behavior change. Affordances, captology, interaction - all of these elements create a platform for engagement with the user. </p> <p>We believe some of the most inspirational and forward-thinking cases of green design interact with the user to teach about environmental impacts, and tell the product backstory. </p> <p>Our favorite examples: </p> <p><strong>1. Prius Dashboard</strong></p> <p><img src="http://o2nyc.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/priusdash.jpg" alt="Prius Dashboard" title="Prius Dashboard" /><br /> The Prius Dashboard interface teaches you how to optimize your fuel economy. </p> <p><strong>2. The Wattson</strong></p> <p><img src="http://o2nyc.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/wattson1.jpg" alt="The Wattson" title="The Wattson" /><br /> The Wattson gives a house-level read on power consumption. </p> <p>3. <a href="http://www.backgroundstories.com/">Background Stories</a> a Dutch student project tells the secret backstory of chocolate. </p> <p>4. <a href="http://www.tiffanyholmes.com/">Tiffany Holmes</a> 7000 Oaks and Counting. Takes building environmental performance data out of the control room and into the public eye. </p> <p><strong>5. Greenplug</strong></p> <p><img src="http://o2nyc.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/greenplug.jpg" alt="GreenPlug" title="GreenPlug" /> A universal power adapter that "talks" to gadgets to determine their energy need. </p> <p>Our favorite book on the subject: <a href="http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?tid=10603&amp;ttype=2"><em>Shaping Things</em></a> by Bruce Sterling. </p> <p>If you have other examples, or wish to debate our selection send them this way!</p> http://o2nyc.net/gogreen.php?title=o2nyc_green_interaction_design_1&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1 o2NYC Recommended Books <p><strong>Inspiration + Big Picture: </strong></p> <p>Anderson, Ray. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Mid-Course-Correction-Sustainable-Enterprise-Interface/dp/0964595354">Mid-Course Correction: Toward a Sustainable Enterprise - The Interface Model. </a> New York: The Peregrinzilla Press, 1999. </p> <p>Benyus, Janine M. <a href="http://www.biomimicry.net/">Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature.</a> New York: Harper Perennial, 2002.</p> <p>Carson, Rachel. <a href="http://www.rachelcarson.org/?v1=Books">Silent Spring.</a> New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1962.</p> <p>Hawken, Paul. <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=ZtV4GwAACAAJ&amp;dq=ecology+of+commerce">Ecology of Commerce.</a> New York: Collins, 1994. </p> <p>Hawken, Paul, Amory Lovins and L. Hunter Lovins. <a href="http://www.natcap.org/">Natural Capitalism - Creating the Next Industrial Revolution.</a> Boston: Litte, Brown and Company, 1999.</p> <p>McDonough, William and Michael Braungart. <a href="http://www.mcdonough.com/cradle_to_cradle.htm">Cradle to Cradle - Remaking the Way We Make Things.</a> New York: North Point Press, 2002.</p> <p>Papanek, Victor. <a href="http://www.thamesandhudson.com/books/The_Green_Imperative/gentitle.mxs/20/0/9780500278468">The Green Imperative.</a> London: Thames and Hudson, 1995. </p> <p>Quinn, Daniel. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Ishmael-Adventure-Spirit-Daniel-Quinn/dp/0553375407">Ishmael: An Adventure of Mind and Spirit.</a> New York: Bantam, 1991. </p> <p>Sterling, Bruce. <a href="http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?tid=10603&amp;ttype=2">Shaping Things.</a> Boston: MIT Press, 2005. </p> <p><strong>Practical + Solutions-Focused: </strong></p> <p>Etsy, Daniel C. and Andrew S. Winston. <a href="http://www.eco-advantage.com/">Green to Gold: How Smart Companies Use Environmental Strategy to Innovate, Create Value, and Build Competitive Advantage.</a> New Haven: Yale University Press: 2006. </p> <p>Fuad-Luke, Alistaire. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/ecoDesign-SourcebookRevised-Alastair-Fuad-Luke/dp/0811855325/ref=pd_bbs_3?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1199080331&amp;sr=8-3">ecoDesign: The Sourcebook.</a> New York: Chronicle, 2002, revised 2006. </p> <p>Lewis, Helen, John Gertsakis, Tim Grant, Nicola Morelli, Andrew Sweatman. <a href="http://www.greenleaf-publishing.com/productdetail.kmod?productid=30">Design and Environment: A Global Guide to Designing Greener Goods.</a> New York: Greenleaf Pubs, 2001. </p> <p>Ottman, Jacquelyn A. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Green-Marketing-Opportunities-Jacquelyn-Ottman/dp/0844232394">Green Marketing: Opportunity for Innovation.</a> New York: Book Surge Publishing, 2004. </p> <p>White, Philip, Louise St. Pierre and Steve Belletire. <a href="http://www.idsa.org/whatsnew/sections/ecosection/okala.html">Okala: Learning Ecological Design.</a> IDSA.org, 2007. </p> <p>We've got most of these books on hand. If you'd like to borrow, let us know and we'll lend you a copy.</p> http://o2nyc.net/gogreen.php?title=o2nyc_recommended_books_1&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1 Life Cycle Resources <p>Life Cycle Analysis, also known as Life Cycle Assessment, is considered the most comprehensive tool for determining a product&#8217;s impact on the environment, and is a decision making framework for making choices during the design and manufacturing stage of product development. </p> <p><img src="http://o2nyc.files.wordpress.com/2007/12/lca21.jpg" alt="LCA" title="LCA" /></p> <p>The analysis incorporates all of the inputs and outputs throughout the lifecycle of the product, from design, to raw material extraction, to material product, part production, assembly, sale, use, repair, and final disposal. </p> <p>This tool can be used by any designer seeking to influence sound environmental choices in the creation of a product, across all disciplines of design: industrial design, fashion design, and graphic design. </p> <p>The following is a list of resources for those interested in learning about lifecycle analysis. </p> <p><strong>LCA for designers</strong><br /> <a href="http://www.epa.gov/NRMRL/lcaccess/resources.html#casestudies">EPA Case Studies</a><br /> <a href="http://www.life-cycle.org/">Life Cycle Links</a><br /> <a href="http://www.idsa.org/whatsnew/sections/ecosection/okala.html">Okala EcoDesign </a>by the IDSA</p> <p><strong>LCA in Europe</strong><br /> The EU has adopted principles of lifecycle analysis into its methods for determining environmental impact of industry<br /> <a href="http://lca.jrc.ec.europa.eu/">LCA EU guidelines</a></p> <p><strong>LCA by industry </strong><br /> <em>Food</em><br /> <a href="http://www.fcrn.org.uk/">Food Climate Action Network</a> LCA case studies<br /> <em>Cleaning Products</em><br /> <a href="http://www.scienceinthebox.com/en_UK/main/index_en.html">LCA at P&amp;G</a></p> <p><strong>LCA for beginners</strong> <br /> <a href="http://www.epa.gov/NRMRL/lcaccess/lca101.html">LCA 101</a><br /> <a href="http://www.iere.org/LCA-For-Mere-Mortals-Chapter1.html">LCA for Mere Mortals</a><br /> <a href="http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/osw/students/finalposter.pdf">LCA of a CD or DVD</a> links to a PDF<br /> <a href="http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/education/pdfs/life-cell.pdf">LCA of a cell phone</a> links to a PDF<br /> <a href="http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/education/pdfs/life-soccer.pdf">LCA of a soccer ball</a> links to a PDF</p> <p>If you have resources to add email <a href="mailto:j@o2nyc.org">j@o2nyc.org</a></p> http://o2nyc.net/gogreen.php?title=life_cycle_resources&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1 o2 | e2 Green Businesses in NY <p>2(x)ist<br /> 3Form<br /> 3r Living<br /> 54 Dean<br /> ABC Carpet and Home<br /> Added Value<br /> aGaiN NYC<br /> agricult<br /> AIA-COTE<br /> AIG Environmental<br /> AIGA-NY<br /> Ailin<br /> Akemi Tanaka<br /> AKRF, Inc.<br /> Albanese Organization<br /> Albert Tennille<br /> Aldine<br /> Aldine Inc.<br /> Allan Yoakam<br /> alt.technica<br /> altPower<br /> Ambient Group Inc.<br /> Ambrosino DePinto &amp; Schmieder<br /> American Success Machinery<br /> Andre Joyau<br /> Architecture For Humanity NY<br /> Aronson's floor covering<br /> ARUP<br /> Assa Abbloy<br /> Association for Energy Affordability<br /> Atelier Ten<br /> Atkinson Koven Feinberg Engineers<br /> AuH2O Designs<br /> Aveda<br /> babyPolitico<br /> Baby's Language<br /> Balmori Associates<br /> Bambu Sustainable Solutions International<br /> Barbara Thayer, P.C.<br /> Baxt Ingui Architects<br /> BDDW<br /> Beck(y)<br /> Benjamin Light<br /> Bettencourt Green Building Supplies<br /> Beyer Blinder Belle Architects &amp; Planners<br /> Bio-Solar LLC<br /> BJI Energy Solutions<br /> Blue Sea Development Compnay, LLC<br /> Bovis Lend Lease<br /> Brave Space Design<br /> Bright Power<br /> Brooklyn Center for the Urban Environment<br /> Brooklyn Woods<br /> build a green bakery<br /> Build Green Inc.<br /> Build It Green!<br /> Buro Happold<br /> Caithness Energy<br /> Cambium Studio<br /> CariniLang<br /> Carnegie Fabrics<br /> Carol Crawford<br /> Carrie Solomon<br /> Carter Burgess<br /> Castrucci Architects<br /> cdc interiors<br /> Center for an Urban Future<br /> Center for Economic and Environmental Partnership<br /> Cereplast<br /> Cetra/Ruddy Inc.<br /> Chambers Design, Inc.<br /> Chic Eco<br /> Chmoebel<br /> Choose Green Energy LLC<br /> Chris Adams<br /> Chris Benedict Architect<br /> City Green, Inc.<br /> Clodagh<br /> Collage Foundation<br /> Colleen Smiley<br /> Community Environmental Center<br /> Consortium for Worker Education<br /> Cook + Fox Architects<br /> Cool Not Cruel<br /> Cooper Carry<br /> Cosentini Associates<br /> Croxton Collaborative Architects<br /> CUNY Institute for Urban Systems<br /> Curtis + Ginsberg Architects LLP<br /> D &amp; M Lumber Products Co. 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