Design with sustainability built in
Convert Plus is the SDEA's free sustainability design tool for shopfitting, display and packaging. Compare up to six versions of a design and see how materials, processes, transport, energy use and end of life change its environmental impact.
How it works
For each version of your design you list its parts – the material, weight, recycled content and any processes such as printing or powder coating – then its packaging, where the parts come from, how it reaches the customer and is installed, the energy it uses in store and what happens to it at the end of its life.
Convert Plus works out the lifecycle carbon footprint of each version, stage by stage, using the UK Government's latest conversion factors. It scores how circular the design is, shows the changes that would save the most carbon and suggests where to make improvements. You can save the comparison as a PDF for client presentations, or share it with a client by link.