Application of IT tools to ecodesign

In the development of environment-conscious products, evaluation and verification of environmental load must be conducted before product designing is completed. Otherwise, depending on the improvement, release of product may be delayed. Fujitsu has been working to move up environment-conscious designing stage using IT applications. This paper explains how Fujitsu applies IT such as various databases and design/verification tools to the environment-conscious product development. The applications of IT tools are indispensable for short development period and quality improvement.