Times have changed

摘要：

This flurry of adventures in Ecodesign did not offer much time to become philosophical. The ambition was to develop the field, drive to make it happen, and to debate with other practitioners. A simply curiosity made me run. For many years I have been working relentlessly and sometimes I came close to the limit of my physical abilities. Looking back occasionally it has been too much, but I did it and I feel good about it. My official retirement from Philips in 2004 brought some relief in my workload, but my mind kept turning. In the EcoDesign field I currently observe a kind of stagnation and something really new needs to be done. Putting much more effort into ‘low energy design’ must be one of those efforts. The Ecovalue approach (chapter 2.3) and some other new items popping up are very promising as well. In Europe the implementation of the environmental Directives in the Member States resulted in a mess; dogmatism and ‘green’ window dressing prevailed over practicality and common sense. Now all energies have to be devoted to the prevention of further disasters - for me this is very important because the ramifications of failure could be significant and very negative.

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: The 4th International Conference on Waste Management and Technology(第四届固体废物管理与技术国际会议)

会议地点: 北京

会议语种:英文

页码: 605

在线出版日期: 2009-11-28（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）