5th BMBF Forum for Sustainability Research for Sustainability - Driver for Innovation 23 - 25 September 2008, ewerk, Berlin
Prof. Ursula Tischner
Director of econcept, Agency for Sustainable Design, Cologne Germany
Short biography
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.
Research for Sustainable Development - full paper (DIN-A4) - 68 pages (URL: http://www.fona.de/pdf/publikationen/research_for_sustainable_development.pdf)
Research for Sustainable Development - abstract (DIN-A5) - 20 pages (URL: http://www.fona.de/pdf/publikationen/research_for_sustainable_development_short.pdf)
Research for Sustainable Development
