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ECODESIGN -- The Competitive Advantage

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The purpose of this chapter is to provide useful examples of how one could address important issues such as CE marking and calculating the carbon footprint of products.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Vienna University of Technology and ECODESIGN company, Vienna, Austria

    Wolfgang Wimmer

  2. Ajou University, Suwon, Korea

    Kun Mo Lee

  3. Siemens AG, Ottobrun, Germany

    Ferdinand Quella

  4. EnVent, Iroqois, Ontario, Canada

    John Polak

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Wimmer, W., Lee, K.M., Quella, F., Polak, J. (2010). Examples. In: ECODESIGN -- The Competitive Advantage. Alliance for Global Sustainability Bookseries, vol 18. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9127-7_5

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