Eco-design
Required by customers who are more and more concerned by the impact on the environment, the production of more environmentally-friendly products is now a necessity, sometimes even an obligation (e.g. the Eco-design Directive for Energy-using Products (Eup) 2005/32/EC).
Nowadays, manufacturers are therefore trying to limit as much as possible the environmental impact of their products, and this for every stage of the life cycle: design - production - use - end-of-life. This is what eco-design encompasses.
PROFLUID has therefore committed itself to supporting this approach, through various actions carried out in partnership with CETIM.
First of all, a working group was set up in order to define the guidelines for eco-design (adopting the MAIECO organisational learning method for the integration of eco-design). By pinpointing which are the most significant environmental impacts of their products, manufacturers will be able to design or redesign them in such a way that they can reduce and even cancel these effects.
PROFLUID, its members and CETIM have therefore drafted and signed a charter by which:
- Manufacturers of sanitary valve components commit themselves to eco-designing some of their products in accordance with the MAIECO method.
- PROFLUID and CETIM undertake to promote eco-design and eco-designed products.
Last but not least, PROFLUID is taking very seriously the eco labelling of its products, which is especially required within the framework of the High Environmental Quality (HQE®) of Buildings: Environmental and sanitary declaration data sheet (“Fiche de Déclaration Environnementale et Sanitaire” FDES), Environmental Product Profile (“Profil Environnemental des Produits” PEP), Life Cycle Impact (“Impact du Cycle de Vie” ICV)
