Increased Resource
Efficiency
through Strengthened Product Relations
 The
cognitive interest aims to investigate how product attachment in
the area of consumer goods can be raised in order to reduce
socio-ecological effects of consumerism. We assume that the
actual life of consumer goods is significantly related to the
degree of product attachment. An increase of the latter thus can
lead to improved resource efficiency.
The main thesis implies
that the actual life of consumer goods can be extended by
creating possibilities for users to apply their own creativity to
the good.
The research design
comprises the following steps: First, the relation user -
consumer good will be analysed. The aim is to identify factors
enhancing the bond strength of this relation.
Further, the production
side of consumer goods will be focused. Research activities will
include stakeholders of the different phases of the production
process. While considering the context of entrepreneurial
decision making, including costs, the aim of this phase is to
identify possibilities to extend the estimated service life
within the production process.
Another area of
research regards the procurance of second-hand goods. Existing
retail structures, opportunities to barter and gift economies for
the circulation of second-hand goods will be analysed. This part
of the research is focused on the identification of factors
stimulating second hand use. In addition processes of
appropriation of used goods will be investigated, aiming at user
based strategies suited to enhance the value of benefit of
second-hand goods.
Authors: Dr.-Ing.
habil. Norbert Kopytziok / Dr. phil. Corinna Vosse
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CONSTRUCTION |
Strategy
for the prevention of waste
By
Dr. Norbert Kopytziok
Extract from:
Kopytziok, Norbert: Abfall und nachhaltige Entwicklung.
Globale Aspekte für die regionale Umweltplanung
auf der Grundlage stoffstrombezogener Prozessbeobachtungen.
(Waste and sustainable development. aspects of
regional environmental planning on the basis of
material stream related processing observations.) Rhombos-Verlag, Berlin 2000
Not
only should the amount of waste be reduced by waste
prevention, but even more involved within the concept
of waste prevention is the objective to reduce the
volume of products, the raw materials per product
unit and the hazardous materials utilized. It is
sound practice to reduce the environmental burden
along the entire lifeline of products. By doing
this, waste prevention measures open possibilities
of ecological relief, affecting all media and affecting
the areas preceding waste treatment within the entire
material flow.
Concretely this means a change in products, production,
logistics and consumer behaviour according to ecological
criteria. Considering the multiplicity of products,
and their production processes, a well founded concentration
is needed in the implementation of waste prevention
measures.
Old and recent literature on waste prevention
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- Books and Studies
- Documents
- Broschures
- Specialist papers
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Building
blocks of environmental consulting in construction
Dr. Norbert Kopytziok
Extract from: Landesamt für Natur
und Umwelt des Landes Schleswig-Holstein (Publ.): Vermeidung
und Verwertung von Bauabfällen in Schleswig-Holstein.
(Prevention and recycling of construction waste in Schleswig-Holstein.)
Conference documents. Flintbek 2000
Environmental
consulting in construction contains measures with
which environmental burdens can be reduced and which
begin at the production of construction materials.
Beyond this there are demonstrable possibilities for
saving heating energy, for realizing healthy interior
climates in buildings, and for keeping the burden
of construction waste low.
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