Every digital product creates carbon
Every click, page load, image, and video triggers energy use across devices, networks, and data centres, all of which release carbon into the atmosphere—and these every day design choices quietly stack up.
At the same time, the way we design influences consumption, behaviour, and equity—shaping how people use resources, who gets included, and who is left behind.
Create planet-friendlier products with everyday design decisions
Sustainable UX is about using every day design decisions to produce digital products that use less energy, create less carbon, include more people, and perform better—for people, business, and planet.
Use your Buddy to learn Sustainable UX as you work
Sustainable UX Buddy helps you design digital products that use less energy, create less carbon, and perform better.
When considering design elements
This is where most impact sneaks in.
Buddy helps you spot heavy decisions early and swap them for lighter ones before they scale.
Design & Experience
If it earns its place, it should earn its energy.
Design experiences that load faster, feel clearer, and work for more people, while quietly cutting energy use and carbon.
Optimise what you handover
Small changes. Compounding results.
Ship designs that are sized, compressed, and ready for the real world, so products stay light long after launch.
Use your Buddy your way
Split-screen
On a Second Screen
On your Mobile
Who is this for?
For UX/UI Designers
Use Sustainable UX Buddy to turn the everyday influence you have into more positive real-world impact.
Most sustainable UX decisions are quick to make, need little or no approval, and fit naturally into how you already design.
- Learn as you design
- Make sustainability part of good UX, not extra work.
- Create products that perform better and do less planetary harm.
For Design Team Leads
You have the power to reduce impact across teams, not just screens.
Use Sustainable UX Buddy to introduce Sustainable UX gradually through everyday decisions and reviews, without slowing teams or changing how work gets delivered.
- Introduce sustainable UX into reviews and decision-making
- Set a clear direction for performance-first, low-impact design
- Lead change others will follow
- Be seen as a forward-thinking, responsible design leader
How it works
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Log in or create a free account
Create a free account and get started in minutes.
Members of the Life-centred Design Academy can log in and start using Buddy straight away.
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Keep your Buddy close as you work
If it earns its place, it should earn its energy.
Add it to your phone home screen, or keep it open in a browser tab while you design or review products. Use it in whatever way fits your workflow best.
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Design products that do less harm
Small changes. Compounding results.
Create digital experiences that use less energy, produce less carbon, and work better for everyone.
About the Buddy
Hi, I’m Damien Lutz, a Senior UX/UI Designer in Australia, and Founder of Life-centred Design Lab.
I created the Buddy so designers like you can start learning Sustainable UX as you design and review.
“Our everyday design decisions can collectively shift digital design to do less planetary harm while still supporting business goals.”
More strategies, tools & examples
Access hundreds of Sustainable UX strategies, real-world examples, and all the tools you need to power up your impact.
Learn the full sustainable UX approach to designing low-carbon, fully inclusive, adaptable products that also encourage sustainable ecommerce and user behaviours.
For those who want to focus on low-carbon/low-energy strategies to design products that support your organisation’s emission reduction initiatives.
Design less harm and more good
Small decisions with real impact.
Free to use.
Create an account and get started in minutes.
