Sustainable Design Practices Survey

Please complete the following questions to receive a code to take the Certified Sustainable Design Associate (CSDA) exam for free.

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* 1. What environmental issues do you address when you create a product design? (Please check all that apply.)

Hazardous substance compliance (RoHS, REACH, other)

End of Product Life management (product take-back, design for recycling, WEEE, other)

Energy-efficiency (EuP, ENERGY STAR, other)

Green building standards (LEED, BREEAM, HQE, other)

Part of a company Environmental Management System

Carbon footprint or other specific ecological impacts

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) or Environmental Product Declaration (EPD)

Not sure

Other (please specify)

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* 2. When do you address environmental requirements during the product design and production process?

From the start at product inception and throughout the product design and production process

Check at multiple points during the process

Check at the end of each product development phase

During product design only

During manufacturing only

Not sure

Other (please specify)

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* 3. What environmental information about your product are you typically asked to provide? (Please choose all that apply.)

Information on environmental compliance

Material selections

Information on packaging or transportation impacts

Energy usage

Carbon footprint

Water consumption/water footprint

Life cycle assessment (LCA) data

Not sure

Other (please specify)

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* 4. What steps do you take to reduce the environmental impacts of your products? (Please check all that apply.)

Reducing the amount of material used ("light-weighting")

Choosing lower-impact materials

Sourcing materials or production locally to reduce transportation

Reducing packaging

Decreasing the energy consumed by your product

Performing environmental assessments (for example, LCA)

Achieving green product certifications (please specify which ones below)

Not sure

Other (please specify)

Please tell us about yourself...

Sustainable Design Practices Survey

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* 1. What environmental issues do you address when you create a product design? (Please check all that apply.)

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* 2. When do you address environmental requirements during the product design and production process?

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* 3. What environmental information about your product are you typically asked to provide? (Please choose all that apply.)

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* 4. What steps do you take to reduce the environmental impacts of your products? (Please check all that apply.)

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* 5. What job function fits what you do most often?

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* 6. Which industry do you work in?

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* 7. To the best of your knowledge, about how many employees work at your company?

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* 8. About how many people in your company use Computer Aided Design (CAD)?

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* 9. In which country is your business or department primarily located?