Archive for 'eco innovation' Category
Raising Standards – Do we need a new rating system?
Energy labelling has change the way that consumers shop. From its first introduction in the early 1990s to its most recent manifestation (since the original draft in 1992, EU legislation has been updated 12 times), it has concentrated on one thing – Energy. Consumers have developed an understanding of the ways that energy equates to [...]
The eco-vacs are coming
Roger and I headed to IFA on Friday to share the latest result of our Ecovation process, Stem – our concept for reducing the impact vacuums have on the environment by 27% and reducing the energy used by 43%. We had some really good meetings with a number of the big manufacturers, so it was a [...]
Shouldn’t eco-credentials be taken for granted?
This week Rachel, Ruth and I continued to spread the good word according to Kevin (pictured above!) – the Cambridge Consultants process for developing breakthrough technologies and innovations that significantly reduce the impact products have on the environment. The latest workshop was part of the Cambridge Programme for Sustainable Leadership’s Master of Studies course. CPSL [...]
CES Trends…. predictable in 2011?
What trends in innovative consumer products would you to see at #CES this year?
Shades of Green
I have become increasingly disturbed at the world of consumer ‘eco-branding’. It was inevitable that goods were going to be labelled as ‘green’ as soon as there was evidence of consumer uptake. The trouble is that the consumer doesn’t necessarily know what ‘green’ means, and therefore is left open to exploitation by marketers. I recently [...]
IFA 2010 Saturday – The eco-innovations keep coming…Philips speak
More news from Philips today about their commitments to the sustainability agenda. Philips really are at the vanguard of green consumer product development, having been working to reduce eco-impact for around 20 years. Philips have been our client for a number of years, and have heavily influenced our own eco-design processes (e.g. Leapfrogging which we’re [...]
IFA 2010 Friday – Anyone for green, 3D coffee?
First day of IFA today, and we seem to be on-trend with Kevin the frog peering out from our stand. He is promoting our Leapfrogging – Radical Eco-innovation process and seems very at home, with the smart home hall next door, and Philips, LG, Sharp, Samsung, Miele and Bosch Siemens all making announcements about their green eco-design initiatives today.
Eco Innovation – headache or brainwave?
Eco Innovation is a phrase that is increasingly dominant in the world of product development and with good reason. Product developers need to take note as ‘eco innovation’ will be required for a whole range of products going forwards. Why is this happening now? The obvious reason is that the law is changing to [...]
Analogue radio: turn off, tune out, landfill
In my earlier post I expressed my extreme disappointment with the UK government’s proposals to turn off analogue radio in a “digital switchover”. In summary I said that (a) the idea is bad for consumers, (b) DAB isn’t much better (arguably sounding worse, for example) and (c) filling up landfill with perfectly good radios isn’t [...]
Blue is the new gold
Once upon a time an innovative product known as a goldpan led to the phenomenon known as the goldrush. Then black became the new gold (black being the colour of oil) and now I think gold is about to be re-branded once more, this time in blue, the colour of water. This will prompt a new goldrush,…
