Title :
Product-related environmental attributes ECMA TR/70-an update
Author :
Granda, Richard E. ; Hermann, Ferdinand ; Hoehn, Reinhard ; Scheidt, Lutz-Guenther
Author_Institution :
IBM Personal Syst. Group, Poughkeepsie, NY, USA
Abstract :
This paper is about declaring environmental attributes of electronic products to fulfill international market needs. ECMA, a European based international organisation for standardisation of information and communication systems, has released their technical report TR/70, an industry-wide guide for declaring environmental attributes of electronic products. The report will be used in the industry as an answer to the proliferation of national eco-labels on the worldwide market place. Increased requirements of customers for environmental information and the proliferation of actual eco-labels with different test methods have lend the information and communication industry, via ECMA, to develop this technical report on product-relevant attributes and related measurement methods
Keywords :
environmental factors; standardisation; ECMA TR/70; communication system; electronic product; environmental attribute; information system; international organisation; measurement method; national eco-label; standardisation; technical report; Certification; Communication industry; Consumer electronics; Electromagnetic compatibility; Electronics industry; Ergonomics; Europe; Product safety; Testing; Writing;
Conference_Titel :
Electronics and the Environment, 1998. ISEE-1998. Proceedings of the 1998 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Oak Brook, IL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4295-X
DOI :
10.1109/ISEE.1998.675020