Sustainable design websites have become a key
information gathering tool both in the classroom for
students and also within design consultancies.
This paper aims to highlight key issues concerning
sustainable design decisions and their impact on design
outcomes. These are illustrated by exploring the
apparent focus areas of various kettle designs, which
demonstrates how weighting factors differently can have
a significant impact on design outcomes. A method
was devised for creating spider diagrams based on the
’12 featues model of a sustainable society’. This has
been used to analyse the content of 25 leading
sustainable design websites. The paper then proceeds
to outline the key elements of effectiveness relating to
website design. The report suggests further research
that will be carried out to aid in the analysis of the
effectiveness of sustainable design websites in
influencing design decisions
