Ecodesign methodology development within the Indian European Ecodesign Program

Author

Diehl, J.C. ; Soumitri, G.V. ; Mestre, Ana

Author_Institution

Design for Sustainability, Delft Univ. of Technol., Netherlands

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

184

Lastpage

189

Abstract

During the last decade (1991-2001), Ecodesign has been tested and implemented successfully in West and Northern Europe, Japan and parts of the United States. However, in many parts of the world, particularly in the newly industrializing countries in Asia, Latin and South America and Africa, experiences with Ecodesign are scarce. The Indian European Ecodesign Program (IEEP) is a three-year collaborative project that aims at the promotion of Ecodesign, exchange and development of Ecodesign knowledge, methodology and expertise in India involving people from scientific and business backgrounds. The paper discusses our experiences of introducing the Ecodesign concept and Ecodesign methodologies within the Indian context

Keywords

design for environment; ecology; government policies; product development; Ecodesign knowledge development; Ecodesign knowledge exchange; Ecodesign methodology development; IEEP; Indian European Ecodesign Program; Indian context; business backgrounds; collaborative project; manufacturing sector; newly industrializing countries; scientific backgrounds; Africa; Asia; Business; Collaboration; Companies; Europe; Manufacturing; Rivers; South America; Testing;

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/.2001.992343

Filename

992343