Consortium & Key contacts

The study will be carried out by a consortium that spans a broad spectrum of expertise including technological know-how and environmental engineering, economical and environmental assessment, market and consumer analysis, and worldwide contacts, thus guaranteeing a proper scientific performance of the foreseen tasks.

The consortium for this study consists of the following partners:

Following members of the consortium can be contacted for any technical questions relating to the study:
Sanaee Iyama and Shailendra Mudgal (BIO) Tel: +33 1 56 20 28 98
Karsten Schischke (Fraunhofer IZM) Tel: +49 30 46403 156

Answers to most policy related questions or how the results of this preparatory study will be used by the European Commission can be found on:
http://ec.europa.eu/energy/demand/legislation/eco_design_en.htm.
Further questions can be sent to TREN-EcoDesign@ec.europa.eu.

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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. 2006-2007 BIO already led two completed EuP preparatory studies (lot 7: external power supply and battery chargers; lot 12: commercial refrigerators and freezers) and participated in the work on three other preparatory studies (lots 4, 5, and 6). In addition, BIO has excellent knowledge of the Integrated Product Policy (IPP) of the European Commission (in particular the EIPRO study) and it has rich expertise in environmental economics and multi-criteria analyses (economic and environmental impacts) of policy options and policy instruments.

Fraunhofer IZM - Partner (D) - One of the leading institutes worldwide regarding the development of future technologies for the electronics sector (microelectronics packaging and interconnection technologies, micro systems, system integration); 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. IZM acts as advisor for technical aspects of EU environmental legislation affecting the electronics sector. 2006-2007 it led three completed EuP preparatory studies (lots 4, 5, and 6) and participated in the work of the lot 7 study.