1. Resource Efficiency Atlas
– current project gathering good examples
The Future of Sustainable Products & Services
Innovation Conference
Essen, Germany
September 28th-29th 2009
Michael Lettenmeier, Wuppertal Institut

2. Outline
• Background
• The Resource Efficiency Atlas
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• Methodologies, aims and results
• Call for participation
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3. ... as if we had four planets ...
"The industrial countries act as if there were
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radical increase in resource productivity there
will be no sustainable development."
Schmidt-Bleek (2009): The Earth
Earth.
Source: Wuppertal Institute 2009
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4. Sustainable economy: targets for 2050
Source: Wuppertal Institute 2009
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5. Potentials: production and consumption!
Source: Kotakorpi, Lähteenoja & Lettenmeier (2008). Household MIPS. www.environment.fi/publications
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6. The Project
 Basic idea: Resource efficiency counts - it‘s a competitive advantage
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 Intention: Boosting resource efficient technologies and products
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7. Project Data
 Resource Efficiency Atlas
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- International examination of resource efficiency potentials of technologies
and products as a part of an innovation policy
 Duration from September 2008 – August 2010
 Promotion
- German Federal Ministry of Education and Research entitled
”International examination of resource efficiency potentials of technologies
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and products as a part of an innovation policy for sustainable
development” within the innovation and techniques analysis (FKZ
16l1585)
 Project Partners
- Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment, Energy
- Fraunhofer - Institute for Industrial Engineering IAO
- IAT - Institute for work science and technology management of the
Unversity of Stuttgart
- Trifolium - Beratungssgesellschaft mbH
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8. Project Goals
 Elaboration of resource efficiency potentials in Europe and
other selected countries (USA, Japan, …)
 Id tifi ti of products and technologies with hi h resource
Identification f d t dt h l i ith high
efficiency potential
 Analysis of possible contribution to a sustainable
development
 Ranking of lead technologies and products
 Development of strategies for a better use in Germany
 Identification of potential lead markets
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9. Methodology
 Gathering the current state of research and development
- Desk research: identification of technologies, products, experts
- Interviews: 20-25 experts,
- Collection of ideas: experts, networks etc.
experts etc
- Synergies with other projects like MaRess (national focus)
 Analysis and evaluation of relevant technologies and
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products
- Ranking of lead technologies and products
- Discussion and evaluation with experts and stakeholders
=> Strategy development and identification of lead markets
 Presentation of results
- Resource efficiency atlas with short presentations and descriptions
- Synergies with project “Sustainability atlas“
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10. Project plan
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Work
W k package 1 D k research
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WP 2:Expert interviews WP 3: Expert consultation
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WP4: Evaluation of results and strategy development
WP5: Expert-WS WP6: Stakeholder-WS
WP7: Dissemination and utilitisation
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11. The Atlas: International collection of
efficient technologies and products
• Production d Manufacturing
P d i and M f i
• IT and communication
• Automation
• Optics
• Environmental technology
• Energy technology
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• Textiles
• Foodstuffs
• Micro systems
• Biotechnology
• Nanotechnology
• Materials
• Buildings and Housings
• Transportation
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12. Wanted: your best examples of resource
efficient technologies and products
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13. Use the questionnaire template
at www.wupperinst.org/rea
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14. Thank you for your attention!
michael.lettenmeier@wupperinst.org
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