Ecological design

Glimpact Launches First Digital Platform for American Companies to Evaluate Overall Environmental Footprint, Measuring 16 Categories of Impact of Human Activity

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Wednesday, April 24, 2024

Based on the new scientific doctrine of the EU, Glimpact gives American companies complete 360° visibility on their real environmental footprint beyond carbon emissions and global warming.

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Based on the new scientific doctrine of the EU, Glimpact gives American companies complete 360° visibility on their real environmental footprint beyond carbon emissions and global warming.
Recognizing that North America lacks comprehensive tools to measure environmental impact beyond carbon emissions, Glimpact intends to bring its pioneering and disruptive approach to environmental footprint analysis to the United States.
Glimpact’s technology measures environmental impact using the PEF/OEF (Product Environmental Footprint/Organization Environmental Footprint) method that considers 16 impact categories and nine planetary boundaries.
GlimpactScan and MyGlimpact, to promote ecological awareness and share Glimpact’s vision of environmental sustainability with U.S. corporations and consumers.

Press release - Deal on strengthening consumers’ right to repair

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Sunday, February 4, 2024

Online, Ecological design, Incentive, European, Climate change, S&D, Council, Consumer, Household, European Parliament, Software, Parliament

On Thursday, Parliament and Council reached a political agreement on a stronger “right to repair” for consumers.

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On Thursday, Parliament and Council reached a political agreement on a stronger “right to repair” for consumers.
The agreed rules clarify the obligations for manufacturers and encourage consumers to extend a product’s lifecycle through repair.
Revitalising the repair market
MEPs played a key role in strengthening and making the EU repair market more competitive.
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Rapporteur René Repasi (S&D, DE) said: “With today's agreement, we have come closer to establishing a consumer right to repair.

Highlights - ENVI vote on Ecodesign - Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

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Tuesday, January 16, 2024

Parliament, ENVI, Water, Committee of Permanent Representatives, Ecological design

ENVI vote on Ecodesign

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ENVI vote on Ecodesign
15-01-2024 - 16:53
On 11 January, ENVI voted on the provisional agreement reached on Ecodesign rules.
On 4 December 2023, Parliament and Council provisionally agreed on an update to the "ecodesign" rules.
These aim to improve various aspects of products throughout their lifecycle to make them more durable and reliable, easier to reuse, upgrade, repair and recycle, use less resources, energy and water.
The agreement was already approved by Coreper on 22 December 2023.

Home Appliance Manufacturers Get Energy- and Cost-Saving AI with Femtosense/ABOV Semiconductor Collaboration

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Tuesday, December 19, 2023

Software, Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Semiconductor, Partnership, Consumer Electronics Show, TWS, Kool-Aid, Internet, Mathematics, AI, Internet of things, Ecological design, Energy Star, Socs, Growth, Investment, CES, Medical device

Until now, home appliance manufacturers were unable to add AI features on-device to many mass market products due to the prohibitive power consumption and cost of other AI-capable chips.

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Until now, home appliance manufacturers were unable to add AI features on-device to many mass market products due to the prohibitive power consumption and cost of other AI-capable chips.
“With ABOV, we’re now able to bring our energy- and cost-efficient AI technology to more manufacturers of smart appliances,” said Sam Fok, Ph.D., CEO and co-founder, Femtosense.
Femtosense will show its SPU-001 on-device AI chip, which enables AI features in real integrations ready for deployment, at private meetings at CES.
Developers and business leaders who want to bring tangible value through AI to mass-market products should request a meeting at femtosense.ai/ces2024 .

Press release - Right to repair: incentives for consumers to repair rather than replace

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Thursday, October 26, 2023

Parliament, Consumer protection, Commission, Council, DE, National, S&D, Member of the European Parliament, European Green Deal, European single market, CO, European Parliament Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, Consumer electronics, Whaling, EU, Ecological design

The proposal aims to boost repairs during and beyond a product’s legal guarantee period and promote a new repair culture.

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The proposal aims to boost repairs during and beyond a product’s legal guarantee period and promote a new repair culture.
MEPs supported incentives for consumers to choose repair over replacement within the liability period, such as extending the legal guarantee by one year for repaired products.
MEPs also want member states to promote repair through financial incentives like vouchers and national repair funds.
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Rapporteur René Repasi (S&D, DE) said: “Today we established direct repair obligations for producers and introduce new incentives for consumers to choose repair.

Press release - Ecodesign: more environmentally-friendly and energy-efficient products

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Wednesday, July 12, 2023

Ecodesign: more environmentally-friendly and energy-efficient products

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Ecodesign: more environmentally-friendly and energy-efficient products
- Products to last longer and be easier to repair, upgrade, and recycle
- Sustainability requirements should be prioritised for e.g.
In their negotiating mandate, MEPs strengthen the measures proposed by the Commission to ensure longer product lifespans and better-informed consumers.
This law will ensure that new products are designed in a way that brings benefits to everyone and which respects our planet’s boundaries and protects the environment.
The revised rules would apply to almost all products on the internal market (except food, feed, medicinal products, living organisms).

Article - Ecodesign rules to ensure sustainable products on EU market

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Wednesday, July 5, 2023

Parliament, Member of the European Parliament, Legislation, Steel, Produce traceability, Civil service commission, Ecological design, Environment, Recycling, Iron, Textile, European Commission, Detergent, Computer, Clothing, Security printing, EU

The EU wants to introduce minimum standards to make nearly all products on its market sustainable, durable and eco-friendly.

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The EU wants to introduce minimum standards to make nearly all products on its market sustainable, durable and eco-friendly.
Long lasting, safe, and recyclable products that are less harmful to the environment should become the norm in the EU.
EU manufacturers already have to align with ecodesign rules for energy-related products, such as heaters, refrigerators, vacuum cleaners or computers, reducing energy consumption and negative environmental effects in the design stage.
The EU now wants to go a step further and introduce ecodesign rules for almost every product.

Patrick McDowell, Sustainable British Fashion Designer retells the fantastical story of Cinderella in their latest collection 'Cinderella Shall go to the Football'

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Tuesday, February 21, 2023

Furthering their celebration of strong women, McDowell has combined the opulence and magic of Cinderella with culturally iconic sportswear.

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Furthering their celebration of strong women, McDowell has combined the opulence and magic of Cinderella with culturally iconic sportswear.
Redefining the beautiful game - McDowell works to further Queer culture in football; a historically exclusionary space to so many.
Patrick reflects this in the collection by designing free of gender norms, blurring lines between princess and punter.
Alex's Euro winning boots will walk the runway along with the release of images of the star wearing pieces from this new collection.

Patrick McDowell, Sustainable British Fashion Designer retells the fantastical story of Cinderella in their latest collection 'Cinderella Shall go to the Football'

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Tuesday, February 21, 2023

Furthering their celebration of strong women, McDowell has combined the opulence and magic of Cinderella with culturally iconic sportswear.

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Furthering their celebration of strong women, McDowell has combined the opulence and magic of Cinderella with culturally iconic sportswear.
Redefining the beautiful game - McDowell works to further Queer culture in football; a historically exclusionary space to so many.
Patrick reflects this in the collection by designing free of gender norms, blurring lines between princess and punter.
Alex's Euro winning boots will walk the runway along with the release of images of the star wearing pieces from this new collection.

The Worldwide Outdoor LED Lighting Industry is Projected to Reach $51.5 Billion by 2027 - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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Monday, December 12, 2022

Energy, Construction & Property, Other Energy, Building Systems, Ecological design, Urbanization, Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive, Lighting, LED, Dangerous, Policy, Government, EU

With the ongoing developments across the globe, the increasing technological investments towards infrastructure will evidently tend to the new installations in the outdoor LED lighting market.

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With the ongoing developments across the globe, the increasing technological investments towards infrastructure will evidently tend to the new installations in the outdoor LED lighting market.
Streets and roadways are expected to provide lucrative opportunities to outdoor LED lighting market players.
The outdoor LED lighting market in Europe considers Germany, France, Italy, UK, and Rest of Europe for the study.
The sustainable policies of the government in this region drive the demand for the outdoor LED lighting market.