Why Renewable Energy Certificates Don't Reduce Emissions
Most corporate renewable energy claims rely on accounting mechanisms that don't actually drive new clean energy development.
Why Carbon Offsets Often Make Climate Change Worse
Carbon markets promise climate solutions but often deliver accounting fictions that enable continued emissions
Why Most Corporate Climate Targets Won't Get Us to Net Zero
Most net-zero pledges fail basic credibility tests—here's how to spot the difference
The Counterintuitive Economics of Remanufacturing
Why rebuilding products to original specs can generate higher margins than manufacturing new—and what that reveals about value.
Why Your Facility Energy Audit Missed the Biggest Opportunities
Conventional energy audits optimize components while system-level opportunities hide in plain sight
Why Bio-Based Doesn't Mean Better for the Environment
Bio-based materials shift environmental burdens rather than eliminating them—real sustainability requires comparing complete systems, not just origins.
The Economic Logic of Building Products That Last Forever
Why products designed to outlast competitors by decades can generate higher profits than planned obsolescence through premium pricing, service revenue, and compounding brand loyalty.
The Materials Science Behind Truly Compostable Packaging
Understanding polymer science and infrastructure gaps to separate genuinely circular packaging from well-marketed waste
How Biological Nutrient Cycles Can Redesign Manufacturing
Design products for biological metabolism from day one—matching materials to nutrient pathways, cascading through sequential uses, and preventing contamination that blocks nature's recycling systems.
How Energy Storage Changes Everything About Renewable Integration
Storage technologies transform renewable intermittency from fatal flaw to optimization opportunity by enabling duration matching, service stacking, and system-wide value capture.
Why Your Recycling Program Is Losing Money (And How Circular Design Fixes It)
Stop retrofitting recycling onto linear products—design for profitable material recovery from the first sketch.
The Hidden Environmental Cost of 'Green' Materials Nobody Calculates
Why your 'sustainable' choice might be shifting environmental harm rather than reducing it—and the analytical tools that reveal the truth.
How Extended Producer Responsibility Changes Product Design Incentives
When disposal costs flow upstream to design departments, engineers finally have financial reasons to care about what happens after the sale.