TY - CONF A1 - Schlegel, Moritz-Caspar A1 - McAlister, C. A1 - Spiliotopoulos, C. T1 - Ecodesign spinning towards the circular Economy - The contribution of new standards on the material efficiency N2 - Whilst the concept of ecodesign is intended to account for the environmental impacts of the product across its whole lifecycle, European ecodesign policy to date has been heavily focused upon energy efficiency in the use phase. The Ecodesign Directive and Energy Labelling Regulation have achieved substantial energy savings since their inception. For many products, the magnitude of savings available from further tightening existing energy efficiency requirements is now often outweighed by savings that can be achieved by material efficiency requirements. Further, there are some products such as smartphones for which there are limited gains to be made in energy efficiency but for material efficiency. In the Commission’s Circular Economy Action Plan from 2015, a new direction was defined for ecodesign policy, to systematically examine considerations such as reparability, durability, upgradability, recyclability, or the identification of certain materials or substances. The Commission consequently issued a standardisation request (M/543, 2015) to the European Standardization Organisations (CEN / CENELEC / ETSI) to develop generic/horizontal standards relevant to energy-related products that address these major aspects of material efficiency. In this study we evaluate the potential contribution of these new standards (with specific focus on the standards for repair, durability and recyclability) to future developments under the European Ecodesign Directive. Opportunities for the impact of these standards to be enhanced by future work are highlighted. T2 - PLATE - Product Lifetimes and the Environment CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 18.09.2019 KW - Ecodesign KW - Circular economy KW - Material efficiency KW - Resource efficiency KW - Standardisation PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-49146 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Schlegel, Moritz-Caspar A1 - Giegerich, J. A1 - Dworak, C. T1 - Neue Trendlinien für das Ökodesign - Materialeffizienz von energieverbrauchsrelevanten Produkten (M/543) N2 - Die Kreislaufwirtschaftsinitiative der Europäischen Kommission fordert eine grundlegende Erweiterung bestehender Rechtsrahmen. Anforderungen zu einer gesetzlich vorgeschriebenen Lebensdauer, Reparierbarkeit, Recyclingfähigkeit, etc. von Produkten sollen unter der Ökodesign-Richtlinie geregelt werden. Bei diesem Vorhaben steht der Normungsauftrag M/543 im Zentrum. Es wurde 2015 von der Europäischen Kommission vergeben und bislang sind acht horizontale bzw. generische EN-Normen geplant. Trotz der zu erwartenden hohen Reichweite dieses Vorhabens scheinen die Inhalte und der eigentliche Zweck der zu erarbeitenden Normen vielen Marktakteuren noch nicht vollständig bekannt zu sein, daher sollen im Rahmen des Webinars diese Inhalte kurz vorgestellt werden. T2 - DIN-Akademie CY - Webinar DA - 30.04.2019 KW - Kreislaufwirtschaft KW - Circular economy KW - Lebensdauer KW - Reparierbarkeit KW - Recyclinkgfähigkeit KW - Ökodesign KW - Rechtssetzung PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-47905 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -