Measures to improve the sustainability of buildings are a priority in EU policies. This requires the appropriate choice of building materials and products that are used indoor, and design plays a major role in this context, since it is at the design stage that the sustainability profile of products is mostly determined.Therefore, the aim of SInnDesign was to develop training materials and tools for design for sustainability (DfS) of furniture, textiles for the habitat and building materials, leading to innovative and competitive solutions. It was a Transfer of innovation of other projects, primarily InEDIC – Innovation and Ecodesign in the Ceramic Industry (www.inedic.net) and the ECODESIGN PILOT, a practical software tool for identifying and implementing Ecodesign measures into products (www.ecodesign.at/pilot). In SInnDesign the results of these projects were transferred to new sectors and countries and there was an extra focus on important topics for companies in the context of a globalised economy: social criteria in design and innovation.The consortium includes organizations from Portugal, Austria, Denmark and Spain, with recognized experience in international projects in the area of sustainability and innovation in the target sectors. Besides the Applicant Organization, the Management Coordinator and the Core Partners, responsible for the contents development and the coordination of national activities, there are also Associated Partners (AP), with specific roles in the project: some were dedicated to support the test and validation of SInnDesign in companies and other AP supported the integration of the results in national VET systems.Besides the partners in the consortium, which covered a wide range of players on the habitat cluster and VET systems (incl. policy makers), national networks were established, involving businesses, VET institutions, design centres and technological institutes, for consultation and project dissemination.The project is expected to have a significant positive impact in lifelong learning in the partner countries and in EU, promoting employability and new skills for a green(er) European economy.