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:
BIO Intelligence Service
- Project leader (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.
Fraunhofer IZM
- Partner (D) - 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
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.
