Ecological profile of industrial products over the environmental compliance

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Table 1 Latest environmental directives affecting most of industrial products.

ErP	Directive 2009/1.25/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 establishing a framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for energy-related products (this directive has repeated the EuP directive)
RoHS II	Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2011 on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment
WEEE III	Position of the council at first reading with a view to the adoption of a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) (Recast) – adapted by the Council on 19 July 2011

Figure 1 Levels of eco-virtuosity.

Figure 2 Definition of ‘macro-phases’ of products' life cycle from environmental point of view.

Figure 3 Scheme of the LCCE methodology.

Figure 4 Excerpt of the LCCE Questionnaire.

Table 2 Example of reference scheme for the levels of importance.

	In relation to the environmental improvements in the specific area (the considered macro-activity)
MARKET	The market is not sensitive	The market is hardly sensitive	The market is always more sensitive	The market is very sensitive
BENCHMARK	There are no competitors working on it	There a few competitors working on it	Many competitors just started working on it	Competitors are working on it with important results
CONTROLS	Compliance controls are not common	Compliance controls are barely done	Compliance controls are frequent	Compliance controls are continuous
LOSSES	Sanctions and losses are insignificant	Sanctions and losses are to be considered	Sanctions and losses are important	Sanctions and losses are dangerous for the existence of the company
Importance K i	0	1	2	3

Figure 5 Map of indicators (Case study 1: the insulation panel).

Table 3 Scores for the Case study 1 – insulation panel.

															I i (average)	K	I i max
I 1	Sub-indicators	SI1.1	SI1.2	SI1.3	SI1.4	SI1.5	SI1.6								1.83	3000	250
	Score	3	1	2	2	1	2
I 2	Sub-indicators	SI2.1	SI2.2	SI2.3											1.00	1000	2.00
	Score	0	0	3
I 3	Sub-indicators	SI3.1	SI3.2	SI3.3	SI3.4	SI3.5	SI3.6	SI3.7	SI3.8	SI3.9	SI3.10	SI3.11	SI3.12	SI3.13	1.15	1000	1.15
	Score	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	3
I 4	Sub-indicators	SI4.1	SI4.2	SI4.3	SI4.4	SI4.5									1.50	3000	3.00
	Score	1	1	2	2	1.5
I 5	Sub-indicators	SI5.2													3.00	3000	3.00
	Score	3
I 6	Sub-indicators	SI6.1	SI6.2	SI6.3											1.93	3000	3.00
	Score	2	2	1.8
I 7	Sub-indicators	SI7.1	SI7.2	SI7.3	SI7.4	SI7.5	SI7.6								1.27	3000	2.50
	Score	2	2.6	1	1	1	0

Table 4 Eco-friendliness level for the Case study 1 – insulation panel.

EP	1.81
EPmax	2.66
Range	Eco-friendly level
0–0.53	Not eco-friendly
0.53–1.06	Eco-friendly at 25%
1.06–1.59	Eco-friendly at 50%
1.59–2.12	Eco-friendly at 75%
2.12–2.66	Eco-friendly at 100%

Figure 6 Map of indicators (Case study 2: the cooking pan).

Figure 7 Life cycle assessment of the dishwasher.

Figure 8 Map of indicators (Case study 3: dishwasher).

Figure 9 Comparison between real values and maximum ones for the indicators (Case study 3: dishwasher).