Consortium & Key contacts

The study will be carried out by a consortium that spans a broad spectrum of expertise including technological know-how and environmental engineering, economical and environmental assessment, market and consumer analysis, and worldwide contacts, thus guaranteeing a proper scientific performance of the foreseen tasks.

The consortium for this study consists of the following partners:

Following members of the consortium can be contacted for any technical questions relating to the study:

Paul Van Tichelen (VITO) Tel: + 32 14 33 58 83  email: pvantichelen(at)ecotransformer(dot)org

Shailendra Mudgal and Benoît Tinetti (BIO) Tel: +33 1 56 20 28 98 email: shailendra(dot)mudgal(at)ecotransformer(dot)org and benoit(dot)tinetti(at)ecotransformer(dot)org

Answers to most policy related questions or how the results of this preparatory study will be used by the European Commission can be found on:
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/eco_design/index_en.htm.

Further questions can be addressed  to ENTR-ECODESIGN(at)ec(dot)europa(dot)eu

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VITO - Project Leader - VITO is the largest independent research centre in the Flemish region of Belgium. The 470 VITO employees conduct customer-oriented contract research and develop innovative products and processes in the fields of energy, environment and materials for both the public and the private sector. It led three completed EuP preparatory studies (lots 8, 9, and 19).

BIO Intelligence Service - Project Partner - Active since 1989 in research and consultancy in the field of environmental and health information on products, BIO’s expertise is widely recognised in France and in Europe. A pioneer in the life cycle assessments and ecodesign, BIO offers a range of services to decision makers in private and public sectors to aid effective policy making. In the context of the Ecodesign Directive of the European Commission, BIO has been involved in various preparatory studies since 2006: BIO led three preparatory studies for DG TREN (TREN lot 7: external power supply and battery chargers; TREN lot 12: commercial refrigerators and freezers; and lot 18: complex set-top boxes), participated in three preparatory studies (TREN lots 4, 5, and 6), and is working on three ongoing studies (lots 15 and 19 for DG TREN and Lots 1 and 2 for DG ENTR). In addition, BIO is actively engaged in various initiatives related to the Integrated Product Policy (IPP) of the European Commission and also provides its rich expertise in impact assessment, multi-criteria analyses (especially economic and environmental dimensions) of relevant policy instruments.