Sustainable Minds
One Year Subscription

Sustainable Minds One Year Subscription enables product development teams to rapidly model the environmental performance of new product concepts in the earliest stages of design. Key to this process is access to a broad and deep set of current life cycle environmental impact data. Science improves and so does the data. Sustainable Minds One Year Subscription's SaaS delivery means data can continually be updated and new data added so product teams have what they need, when they need it.

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Sustainable Minds One Year Subscription is a major new release of Sustainable Minds's life cycle inventory database and impact assessment methodology. It uses the most up-to-date science from trusted sources, including the US EPA and NIST, to evaluate the potential ecological and human health impacts from products used in North America. Sustainable Minds One Year Subscription evaluates 10 environmental impact categories, including global warming. Documented in an extensive methodology report, Sustainable Minds One Year Subscription is transparent, ISO 14044 compliant - formulas & data sources - and industry reviewed.

Custom Data Creation Program

cloud delivery and expanded services for creating the life cycle data your product teams need – when they need it – for your project, company or industry.

Branded Data Program

the innovative next phase in SM’s Custom Data Creation Program, manufacturers across the value chain can quickly get their new greener materials information in front of customers who care.

Expanded dataset of impact factors

materials, processes, use stage consumables, transportation, end of life. Significant additions include:

• More processes for metal work
• More bio-based materials, such as bamboo and bagasse
• More end of life impact factors

Carbon footprint data expressed in kilogram CO2-equivalents

to comply global reporting standards

Sustainable Minds One Year Subscription impact factors are based on:

• The latest US-EcoInvent 2.0 dataset
• Reformatted background data from Franklin, US LCI, and Idemat datasets to US-Ecoinvent 2.0 data for enhanced consistency.
• The latest updates from the US EPA's TRACI method, including more characterization factors

Copy existing projects to preserve results using Sustainable Minds One Year Subscription

Copy an existing project to automatically update scores and results using Sustainable Minds One Year Subscription. 'Copy project' also enables easier management of expanded design investigations to create and compare product concepts generated by different teams or by design direction.

Easy to request and add needed data. Don't see the impact factors you need for the product you're designing? Just contact our Support team to evaluate and create for your project.

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As environmental performance drives product innovation and differentiation, manufacturers are developing data specific to their business processes and supply chain. SM will create impact factors from your life cycle inventory (LCI) data and provide access to your proprietary dataset through a private and secure server.

• Your own server with branded URL, company.sustainableminds.com
• Custom and proprietary impact factors
• Unlimited users
• All Sustainable Minds functionality and software updates