Ecodesign (Environmentally Conscious Design) Proposal for revising ISO TR 14062
and converting into IS
Note: "Ecodesign" in this document does not mean a particular type of a specific
design methodology but a synonym of Environmentally Conscious Design (ECD),
which means integrating environmental aspects into ordinary design and development
Dr. Yoshiaki Ichikawa
IEC TC111 Chair, ISO TC 207 Liaison Expert
Japan
Contents
1. Market needs for ecodesign standards
2. Existing relevant standards and an identified gap
3. The purpose of this project
4. Scope of the project
Market needs for ecodesign standards
Regulations and strong initiatives worldwide
RoHS
ErP
REACH
Energy Star
EPEAT
Environmental Compatibility has become a major competitive
edge for all products and services around the world, and
we need a harmonised level playground as well as a Standard
for demonstrating appropriate implementation of ecodesign
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Existing relevant standards and an identified gap
ISO
IEC
TC 207 (Environmental Management)
SC1 (EMS)
ISO14006 (Ecodesign for EMS）
SC3 (Environmental labelling)
ISO14020s (Env. labelling)
SC5（LCA）
ISO14040s
SC7（GHG Management）
ISO14067 (CFP)
WG3 Horizontal TR
ISO TR 14062 Ed.1: 2002
IEC TC111 (Environmental Standardisation)
Horizontal Standard
IEC 62430 (Env. Conscious Design )
Ed. 1 2009
IEC 62635/62650 (Recyclability)
IEC TC100
(ICT/AV/CE)
TA13 (Env. Issues)
62075 (Env. Conscious Design)
IEC SC62A （Medical Equipment）
IEC 60601-9 (Env. Conscious Design)
Product specific standards
Recent products are hybridized with mechanical and electronics
technologies, which underlines the necessity of ISO Standard to share
the role with IEC62430 in a harmonised manner.
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ISO TR 14062:2002
Environmental managementIntegrating environmental aspects
into product design and development
4 Goal and potential benefits
5 Strategic considerations
5.1 General
5.2 Organizational issues
5.3 Product-related issues
5.4 Communication
6 Management considerations
6.1 General
Useful guidance on
6.2 Management role
6.3 Proactive approach
- Benefit of ecodesign
6.4 Support from existing management systems
- Considerations in product design
6.5 Multidisciplinary approach
- Multiple possible approaches
6.6 Supply-chain management
7 Product considerations
- But not a standard
7.1 General
- Not updated since 2002 Ed.1
7.2 Product-related environmental aspects and impacts
7.3 Basic issues
7.4 Strategic product-related environmental objectives
7.5 Design approaches
8 Product design and development process
8.1 General
8.2 Common issues
8.3 Product design and development process and integration of environmental aspects
8.4 General review of the product design and development process
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The purpose of this project
The purposes of this project are;
a.to make it available to declare conformity for various
requirements from stakeholders (incl. legal)
b.to update ISO 14062 for providing guidance on how to
incorporate environmental considerations into product
design and development as well as achieve collaboration
across the supply chain.
c.to achieve consistency with IEC 62430 for enabling
industries to consistently implement environmentally
conscious design for any product category.
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Scope of the project
a. Specify the principles and procedures to integrate
environmental aspects into the design and development
of products in all areas regardless of industry sectors and
sizes of companies.
Note: The ‘product’ referred to will cover services as well as hardware goods.
b. Not a management system standard.
c. Key audience is designers as well as to those
responsible for product development policy and decisionmaking.
d. Provides guidance on what options are available to
reduce environmental impacts, what types of tools are
available as well as how to deal with challenges e.g.
trade-offs involved in the issues that will arise in doing
eco-design.
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Appendix: ISO 14006 (FDIS) refers to ISO TR 14062
ISO/TR 14062 and IEC 62430 assist incorporation of the evaluation of environmental aspects and
impacts into the design and development process, but as such, they do not fully explain the activities
involved within an environmental and business management framework, such as those described in
ISO 14001.
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END
Thank you very much for your attention
Contact:
Dr. Yoshiaki Ichikawa
Senior Chief Engineer
Environmental Strategy Office, Hitachi Ltd.
[email protected]