Prof. Ursula Tischner

Director of econcept, Agency for Sustainable Design, Cologne
Deutschland

Kurzbiographie

Ass. Prof. Ursula Tischner studied Architecture and Industrial Design and specialised in Eco- and Sustainable Design of products and services. After her master graduation in Germany she worked for more than 4 years at the German Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy, where she was involved in developing concepts such as eco-efficiency, MIPS, Factor 4 and Factor 10, Ecodesign, Eco-innovation etc. In 1996 she founded her own company, called econcept, Agency for Sustainable Design, in Cologne (see www.econcept.org). With econcept she carries out research and consulting projects with small and large companies and other organizations on sustainable and eco-design and innovation. She organizes several training and educational courses and programs, such as the Sustainable Design Program at the Design Academy Eindhoven, The Netherlands, and Ecodesign training courses, e.g. for the Electronic Industry in Korea, or the Furniture Industry in Australia. She publishes books and organizes conferences and networks around Eco- and Sustainable Design, is member of design juries and standardization bodies such as ISO, and evaluator in European research programs.

Workshop Moderation

25/09/2008, 09:00 - 10:30

III.W3 Tools for Ecodesign
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Workshop Beitrag

25/09/2008, 09:00 - 10:30

III.W3 Tools for Ecodesign
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