EcoFly Helps Designers with Eco-benchmark
October 30, 2008 | Levent OZLER
Designers and manufacturers will have a new tool to benchmark the eco-performance of their products and comply with upcoming EU directives.
The European Commission's Framework Directive on Energy Using Products (EUP) is due to appear in early 2009 and will set minimum eco-design standards for a range of parameters over the entire lifecycle of the product.
The legislation will cover design through to manufacturing, use and disposal.
This includes energy consumption, water use, air emissions and waste embedded in the product, produced by the product and consumed during use.
"The EuP will have wide ranging impacts and manufacturers should be integrating the EuP into design teams today.
With the standards progressively coming into force next year, design teams need to understand the proposed minimum standards for their products today."
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