Ecodesign demonstration project (LIFE) - examples of ecodesign in Belgian industry

Author

Jansen, Bart

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

82

Lastpage

86

Abstract

In 1999, a demonstration project on sustainable product development was initiated in Belgium, financed by the LIFE program of the European Commission. The general objective of this project is to promote and implement ecodesign amongst Belgian industry. The project is subdivided into 3 phases: a 1st phase in which the potential for implementing ecodesign of the participating companies is assessed, a 2nd phase in which the companies gain insight into the environmental aspects of one of their products and a 3rd phase in which an alternative product concept can be developed. The paper describes the course of the project, the results and findings

Keywords

design for environment; government policies; product development; Belgian industry; Belgium; European Commission; LIFE program; alternative product concept; ecodesign demonstration project; environmental aspects; sustainable product development; Business; Employment; Government; Large-scale systems; Logistics; Product development; Technological innovation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing, 2001. Proceedings EcoDesign 2001: Second International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Tokyo

Print_ISBN

0-7695-1266-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/.2001.992319

Filename

992319