Tools for ecodesign in Flanders
Main partners:
- Design Platform Flanders
- Plan C
- Flemish Materials program
- Academic Institutions:
- EU Projects:
- Ihobe/Basque Ecodesign Center (Basque Country, Spain)
- Ecodesign Centre (Wales/UK)
- Pole Eco-conception (Rhone-Alpes, France)
- Effizienz-Agentur NRW (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
Localisation: Mechelen (Belgium)
Population: 6,444,127 (2015)
Categories:
Tools for ecodesign in Flanders
Action leader(s)
OVAM (Public Waste Agency of Flanders)
Summary
OVAM created an ecodesign service within its facitlity. It developed 3 main tools: Ecolizer (estimation of the environmental impact of a product design), OVAM SIS Toolkit (Sustainable Innovation System – integration of sustainability principles into innovation and design processes), EHE-kit (Implementation of eco-design in higher education). In addition OVAM developed 3 specific activities to boost ecodesign in Flanders: Awards for designers, research and collection of good examples, launch of the European Network of Ecodesign Centres (ENEC).