is a design process in which the focus is on assessing and dealing with individual environmental impacts of a product or service rather than on the product or services' entire life.

Incorporates environmental principles into constructing a building or designing a product or communications

Green design (also referred to as "sustainable design", "eco-design", or "design for environment") is the catch-all term for a growing trend within the fields of architecture, landscape architecture, engineering, industrial design and interior design. The essential aim is to produce places, products and services in a way that reduces use of non-renewable resources, minimizes environmental impact, and relates people with the natural environment. Green design is often viewed as a necessary tool for achieving sustainability.