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Risø National Laboratory • DTU Frederiksborgvej 399 DK-4000 Roskilde maj.munch.andersen@risoe.dk |
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Nanotech is about studying and manipulating matter at atomic levels >> |
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The construction sector is looking for new sustainable technical solutions >> |
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Green solutions within innovation will create a sustainable society >> |
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The word eco-innovation is relatively recent, and it is often understood as a synonymous of the more widely known concepts of environmental or sustainable innovation. Although, these concepts quickly bring to mind the idea of “doing something new in order to help the environment”, there are obvious as well as subtle differences in context, meaning and purpose. A recent definition of eco-innovation is:
“…the production, assimilation or exploitation of a product, production process, service or management or business method that is novel to the organisation (developing or adopting it) and which results, throughout its life cycle, in a reduction of environmental risk, pollution and other negative impacts of resources use (including energy use) compared to relevant alternatives”
– EU MEI Project, Final Draft: “Measuring Eco-Innovation”, March 2008, 114 p. |
