Assignment#4 Questions

4.1. Give an example of a product or service you have encountered that was poorly
designed. Read about more bad designs at the bad designs website
http://www.baddesigns.com. Make a list of the factors that make a design unworkable.

4.2. Access the Environmental Protection Agency at http://www.epa.gov/ to read

about the U.S. government’s commitment to environmental product design. Compare
the U.S. approach to that of other countries.

4.3. Search the Internet for two or more companies that publish sustainability reports.
What are the main components of each company’s green initiatives? How do their
approaches differ?

4.4. Link to the International Standards Organization at http://www.iso.org and

explore ISO 14000. What do these standards entail? How were they developed? How
does a company attain ISO 14001 certification? Why would it want to?