1. Assessing environmental performance
Eco-design is generally based on three main successive stages.
A preliminary environmental assessment of the reference product or service: this takes the form of the system you want to improve or competing alternatives. This initial phase will provide you with an overview of the environmental performance of these systems and enable you to define your environmental impact reduction targets.
The development of an eco-innovative solution: this second phase draws on various design support tools and methods and may also be subject to environmental assessments.
Capitalizing on knowledge acquired during the design process: this information will be reused in subsequent iterations and will feed into design support tools.
These three phases are therefore...
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Bibliography
ROUSSEAUX (P.), GREMY-GROS (C.), BONNIN (M.), HENRIEL-RICORDEL (C.), BERNARD P.), FLOURY (L.), STAIGRE (G.) and VINCENT (P.).- "Eco-tool-seeker": A new and unique business guide for choosing ecodesign tools. Journal of Cleaner Production, Vol. 151, pp. 546-577 (2017).
Reference standards
ISO 14006:2020, Guidelines for integrating eco-design into an environmental management system.
ISO 14001:2015, Environmental management systems – Requirements and guidelines for use.
ISO 14040:2006, Environmental management – Life cycle assessment –Principles and framework.
ISO14044: 2006, Environmental management – Life cycle assessment –Requirements...
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