Monday, July 18, 2011

Canned Beer Vs Bottled Beer : Can SolidWorks Sustainability help?

With summer at its peak, grilling and beer help most guys keep in good mood. Everytime I walk into store, to pick up beer, I have wondered what would make more sense glass or can? Shananigans would say why bother, but as a responsible citizen I do care about the environment. Besides, If one can contribute towards keeping the environment green, without any major effort aka $$$, why not?


So to figure out what is the right thing to do, I turned to my one of my favorite resource...Google.  I found a fellow engineer who has studied this same puzzle in great detail. Check out the video...







Using SolidWorks Sustainability as a part of our design process one can quickly figure out how green our designs are. No one needs to be a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) expert, as Sustainable tools are part of Solidworks.


Rajat Trehan


Product Manager - Design Validation


Computer Aided Technology Inc.



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