INTRODUCTION OF THE INTEGRATED PRODUCT POLICY IN SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES
DS 32: Proceedings of DESIGN 2004, the 8th International Design Conference, Dubrovnik, Croatia
Year: 2004
Editor: Marjanovic D.
Author: Hessling, T.; Lindemann, U.
Section: MULTIDISCIPLINARY ASPECTS OF DESIGN
Page(s): 1057 - 1062
Abstract
In the last years a new environment strategy was developed by the European commission, which is called „Integrated Product Policy“ or IPP. Within this political process the Bavarian government started to support IPP pilot projects in order to facilitate and speed up the conversion of the theoretical IPP concept into practical applications. One of the special focuses was on SME. They have a limited availability of resources for environmental issues as well as a lack of know-how compared to larger enterprises. They need a more pragmatic methodology. This research project has investigated applicable methodologies to support the sustainable development in SME and shows the achieved results within the projects of the industrial partners.
Keywords: ECOdesign, design for product life cycle, legislation, method adaptation and transfer