This consortium,
spanning a broad spectrum of expertise including technological know-how
and environmental engineering, economical and environmental assessment,
market and consumer analysis, and worldwide contacts, will guarantee a
proper scientific performance of the foreseen tasks.
The consortium for this
study consists of the following partners:
Fraunhofer
IZM –
Project leader (DE) – One of
the leading institutes worldwide regarding the development of future
technologies for the electronics sector; experts with a strong
technological and future-oriented background in eco-design, several
technology R&D projects with industry from this product group,
close industry contacts globally.
BIO
Intelligence Service
- Partner (FR) - Active since 1989 in research and consultancy in the
field of environmental and health information on products,
BIOS’s expertise is widely recognised in France and in
Europe. A pioneer in the domain of life cycle assessments and
nutritional health, BIO offers, to private and institutional
decision-makers, a wide range of services covering the entire life
cycle of environmental and health information on products and services,
from the generation of the information by means of environmental and
health assessments of products and services to its dissemination to
expert and non-expert audiences. For EuP preparatory studies, BIO
provides their specific expertise in the following fields: market data
and consumer behaviour analysis with reference to ecodesign products;
environmental economics (including LCC); multi-criteria analyses
(economic and environmental impacts) of policy options and policy
instruments; strong knowledge of the IPP of the European Commission (in
particular the EIPRO study); and information dissemination through
websites.
CODDE
- Sub-contractor (FR) -
Environmental experts with close links to the French electric and
electronic industries working since 2003 with electronic trade
associations in the building of life cycle Inventories of electronics
components and developing specific tools for ecodesign of electric
appliances such as transformers, switches, motors.
Deutsche Umwelthilfe – Sub-contractor
(FR) – Established in 1975, DUH is an independent
non-profit association focussed on the protection of nature and
environment as well as on consumerism. The core competences of DUH are
coordination, public relations, and campaigning as well as consultancy
for policy makers. The work program of the Deutsche Umwelthilfe e.V.
covers a wide range of environmental and consumerism issues and
addresses mainly on achieving practical results. DUH builds up and
cultivates strategic partnerships with environmental and industrial
stakeholders, scientists and private enterprises and campaigns for a
sustainable development and environmental friendly economy since a long
time. Furthermore the DUH is working in the field of environmental
education in order to rise ecological awareness.
