Following the success of the first ECOS Annual Workshop last year, we will be hosting our second Annual Workshop. This year, we will be looking at“Developing standards to better reflect contemporary societal needs: How can standards support an energy efficient and circular economy?”. 

Agenda

09:00   Registration and welcome coffee

09:30   Welcome Speech

                 Mr Pieter de Pous,ECOS President; EEB Policy Director

09:45   Keynote Speech

                 Mr Paul Hodson,Head of Unit for Energy Efficiency, European Commission

10:15   Panel Discussion: Should standards be mirroring reality or prescribing it? The case of energy and material efficiency    

Both energy and material efficiency are complimentary means to reach the common aim of a sustainable society. Increasingly occupying contemporary product policy and standardisation discussions, this topic introduces the aspect of consumer behaviour, a key parameter determining the real life operation of products, but often a subject of neglect and speculation. Are consumers conscious or lousy users of products? This session aspires to bring evidence and experience from reality, with the view to contribute to substantial and enlightened discussions on product policy.

Introduction: Stamatis Sivitos,ECOS
(Moderator: Christoforos Spiliotopoulos, ECOS)

• Professor Rainer Stamminger, University of  Bonn – User behaviour and energy consumption of household appliances

• Professor Tim Cooper, University of Nottingham Trent – Sustainable design, product longevity and public policy

• Sylvia Maurer, the European Consumer Organisation (BEUC)

• Alexandre Della Faille de Leverghem, CEN/CENELEC Management Centre

• Christian Dworak, BSH Hausgeräte GmbH (TBC)

12:15   Networking lunch

13:45   Panel Discussion: Moving towards a circular economy: Life cycle consideration in standards, from renewable materials to reuse and recycling

This session will explore life cycle considerations that are currently negotiated in product standards with the view to contribute towards making circular economy a reality. We will also discuss how to disseminate existing practice from one product group to others exploring the concepts of bio-based products partially derived from renewable biomass and the reusability of electric and electronic waste and recycling. The focus of the session will be on both material and energy recovery.

Introduced and moderated by Dania Cristofaro,ECOS

• Horst Fehrenbach, Institute for Energy and Environmental Research (IFEU) - land and biomass as resources 

• Maria Gustafsson, Swedish Standardisation Institute (SSI) - bio-based products and recylability

• Mathias Gustavsson, Swedish Environmental Research Institute (IVL) – sustainability criteria for bio-energy

• RREUSE/ENVIE member – preparation for RREUSE of WEEE and collection and logistics for WEEE recycling (TBC)

15:15   Closing remarks and networking coffee

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