This document provides an EcoDesign checklist that outlines key life cycle stages and strategies for more sustainable product design. It examines issues that can arise at each stage, from material sourcing and production to distribution, use, and end of life. The checklist aims to help identify problems and opportunities for improving material usage, energy efficiency, recyclability, lifetime optimization, and more throughout a product's lifecycle.
This document provides an EcoDesign checklist that outlines key life cycle stages and strategies for more sustainable product design. It examines issues that can arise at each stage, from material sourcing and production to distribution, use, and end of life. The checklist aims to help identify problems and opportunities for improving material usage, energy efficiency, recyclability, lifetime optimization, and more throughout a product's lifecycle.
This document provides an EcoDesign checklist that outlines key life cycle stages and strategies for more sustainable product design. It examines issues that can arise at each stage, from material sourcing and production to distribution, use, and end of life. The checklist aims to help identify problems and opportunities for improving material usage, energy efficiency, recyclability, lifetime optimization, and more throughout a product's lifecycle.
How does the product system actually fulf ili EcoDesign Strategy@ New Concept What problems can arise in the distribution of the EcoDesign Strategy 2: Reduction social needs? Development product to the customer? of materiai usage • What are the product's main and auxillary functions? • Dematerialisation • What kind of transport packaging, bulk packaging, and • Reduction in weight • Does the product fulfill these functions effectively and • Shared use of the product retail packaging are used (volume, weights, materials, • Reduction in (transport) volume efficiently? • lntegration of functions reusability)? • What user needs does the product currently meet? • Functional optimisation of product • Which means of transport are used? EcoDesign Strategy 4: Optimisation • Can the product functions be expanded or improved to (components) • ls transport efficiently organised? of the distribution system fulfill user's needs better? • Less/clean/reusable packaging • Will this need change over a period of time? • Energy-efficient transport mode • Can we anticipate this through (radical) product • Energy-efficient logistics innovation? Life cycle stage 4: Utilisation Life cycle stage 1.:.. Production and supply of materials and components I What problems arise when using, operating, servicing EcoDesign Strategy 5: Reduction and repairing the product? of lmpact In the used stage What problems arise in the production and supply of EcoDesign Strategy 1: Selection materials and components? of low-impact materials • How much, and what type of energy is required, direct or • Low energy consumption indirect? • Clean energy source • How much, and what types of plastic and rubber are used? • Clean materials • Renewable materials • How much, and what kind of consumables are needed? • Few consumables • How much, and what types of additives are used? • What is the technical lifetime? • Clean consumables • How much, and what types of metals are used? • Low energy content materials • Recycled materials • How much maintenance and repairs are needed? • No wastage of energy or consumables • How much, and what other types of materials (glass, ceramic, etc.) are used? • Recyclable materials • What and how much auxiliary materials and energy are required for operating, servicing and repair? EcoDesign Strategy 6: Optimisation • How much, and which types of surface treatment is used? • Can the product be disassembled by a layman? of lnitial lifetime • What is the environmental profila of the components? EcoDesign Strategy 2: • How much energy is required to transport the components Reduction of materiai usage • Are those parts often requiring replacement detachable? • Reliability and durability and materials? • Reduction in weight • What is the aesthetic lifetime of the product? • Easy maintenance and repair • Reduction in (transport) volume • Modular product structure • Classic Design • Strong product-user relation Life cycle stage 2: ln-house production What problems can arise in the production process in EcoDesign Strategy 3: Optimisation Life cycle stage 5: Recovery and disposal ---------------- your own company? of production techniques What problems arise in the recovery and disposal EcoDesign Strategy 7: Optimisation • How many, and what types of production processes are • Alternative production techniques of the product? of the end-of-life system used? (including connections, surface,treatments, printing • Fewer production steps • How is the product currently disposed of? • Reuse of product (components) and labeling) • Low/clean energy consumption • Are components or materials being reused? • Remanufacturing/refurbishing • How much, and what types of auxiliary materials are • Less production waste • What components could be reused? • Recycling of materials needed? • Few/clean production consumables • Can the components be reassembled without damage? • Safe incineration • How high is the energy consumption? • What materials are recyclable? • How much waste is generated? • Are the materials identifiable • How many products don't meet the required quality norms? • Can they be detached quickly? • Are any incompatible inks, surface treatments or stickers used? • Are any hazardous components easily detachable? • Do problems occur while incinerating non-reusable product parts?
The EcoDesign checklist (Van Boeijen and Daalhuizen 2013)