Ecodesign
Eco-design aims to improve the environmental performance of products throughout the life-cycle by systematic integration of environmental aspects at a very early stage in the product design.
The research group ECODESIGN is active in the following areas:
- Co-operation in the international and domestic research and other projects.
- Eco-design of the products.
- Life cycle Analysis.
- Modelling and optimisation of the processes.
- Process design and retrofitting.
- Sustainable energy systems.
- Optimisation of the building heating by the Bauphys software.
- Research on the filed of eco-design.
- Demostration projects.
- Training the experts inside the company how to do eco-design.
- Consulting at the eco-redesign of existing products or eco-design of new product.
Benefits of the improved product life cycle:
- Decreased raw materials and energy consumption.
- Improved material recycling.
- Improved product disassemling.
- Reuse of the materials and/or parts of the product.
- Decreasing used packaging materials.
- Improved production and process efficiency.
- Decreased production, distribution and disposal costs.
- Decreased impact on the environment.
- Improved market position.
- Improved public image.