1. : Design of Environmental-friendly Products Using Information Standards

2. DEPUIS Introduction 1. The DEPUIS Project 2. Partners 3. Objectives 4. Life cycle thinking 5. Interested Parties Forum (IPF) 6. Multimedia handbook

3. The DEPUIS Project DEPUIS - Design of Environmentally Friendly Products Using Information Standards Aim: to improve the environment aspects of new products and services through the innovative use of new information standards Fits the European Commission Integrated Product Policy, promotion of the use of life cycle thinking with SME’s i.e. take into account the full product or plant life cycle A European project of 10 partners from 8 countries. Mixture of industry groups, consultants, software companies, training institutes, certification institute Project runs two years: Sep 2006 – Sep 2008 Depuis standards network is one of 6 Europe Innova intiatives DEPUIS, INNOVAFUN, BIOHEALTH, EUROMIND, STANDA-INN, STEPPIN

4. EU Participants in DEPUIS

5. Objectives of DEPUIS Help SME’s to use product data technology (PDT) for communication, comparison and archiving technical data Produce a Multimedia Handbook on product data technology Organise e-learning courses with a view to enable SME’s to adopt IPP environmental tools such as LCA and Ecodesign Provide basic knowledge to software developers in order to produce software compatible with international standards Provide feedback to standards developers Explore potential for a Certification scheme for PDT knowledge and skills management to support the environmental impact of products

6. Life Cycle Thinking and PDT

7. Interested Parties Forum (IPF) Interested Parties Forum (IPF) is a collection of of bodies and parties with SME representation, invited to: Establish the users requirements Validate the multimedia handbook and the e- learning model IPF invited to assist in promoting the importance of PDT and LCT knowledge and skills to SME’s

8. DEPUIS web site: www.depuis.enea.itwww.depuis.enea.it

9. Multimedia Handbook - Target Audience Engineering managers Environmental managers Environmental consultants Product designers IT consultants Software engineers Project engineers Procurement professionals Government bodies Academic lecturer LCA practtioner SME advisors Innovation advisors Networking bodies

10. The DEPUIS Challenge Demonstrate the beneficial effect of information standards on the environmental impact of products and installations DEPUIS team works on the House Case showing the usefulness for optimising the house construction looking at CO2 emissions

11. Contact Thank you for your time today if you would like to know more about DEPUIS or would like to join the Interested Parties Forum (IPF) please contact Jackie Seddon – Envirolink Northwest Ltd j.seddon@envirolinknorthwest.co.uk