Asheen Phansey, the PM for SolidWorks Sustainability, came up to show us Sustainability. “Show” isn’t really the right word. Asheen is so passionate about sustainability, I felt guilty for not recycling the gum I chewed earlier in the day.
Here’s the deal for me, though: I get sustainability. I recycle, I try to minimize waste. Basically, I do my part as best I can. However, I’m an individual who has that freedom. The same would hold true, probably, in smaller companies. Once you get into large corporations, multi-nationals, etc., then you’re screwed without buy-in from the people that control the bottom line. SolidWorks has provided excellent tools so that you can see just what kind of impact your design will have, but it’s all for naught if the check-writers don’t care. Asheen and I talked about this a bit, and he agreed. He, however, is a force to be reckoned with and I don’t envy any corporate bean counter that comes up against him.
As for sustainability within SolidWorks, the jury is out for me. I’m going to try to incorporate using it in my current design, so we’ll see what happens.
