Adventures in EcoDesign of Electronic Products: 1993-2007

The ""Adventures in EcoDesign of Electronic Products"" describe a personal vision on the developments in this field in Academia and Industry in the 1993-2007 period. In this time frame tremendous changes have taken place as regards the technicalities of Ecodesign itself and in the way ""Eco"" is managed in industrial organizations. Functionality analysis - also with respect to immaterial and emotional functionality - has become the core of modern Ecodesign activities. Combining this with ""Environmental Benchmarking"" generates an ideal platform to create ""Ecovalue"". This is a much wider concept than just lowering environmental loads of products and services over their life cycle.,,Also mobilizing technology enablers, product system management, green marketing and value chain management have been described in relation to Applied EcoDesign. All of these are key ingredients for succesfully bringing ""green"" products to the market.