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The Green Jobs Programme fosters and improves green employment. It supports projects which address two thematic areas: Green economy, which contributes to the development of new sustainable production and consumption models, generating social and environmental benefits in the territory and favouring...

Support for ecodesign projects aims to encourage product and service designs with a lower environmental impact throughout their life cycle: more durable and easier to maintain, repair, upgrade and remanufacture. Projects aimed at the redesign of existing products or services, the design of new...

The Basque Clean Technologies List is a fiscal instrument to promote sustainable development in SMEs and facilitate the application of Basque environmental policy, through technology transfer and implementation of equipment with better environmental performance. Innovative clean technologies are...

Practical guidelines to help companies apply life cycle costing (LCC) and life cycle assessment (LCA) principles to reduce their products' environmental impacts while contributing to greater social and economic well-being. The case studies included in the guide help to show LCC methodology in...

These ecodesign guidelines help companies to introduce environmental improvements in their product design processes. They include technical specifications based on general life cycle assessments and previous research and data. There is specific guidebook for eight different product categories...

ERAS is user-friendly and efficient tool to implement Basque environmental sustainable buildings and rehabilitation guidelines and methods in housing, offices, industry and commerce. It includes a rating system for sustainable buildings based on specific life cycle assessment (LCA) measures, and a...

Practical guides to identify environmental problems, detect waste- and emission-reduction actions, and introduce cleaner production measures. The guides include case studies of how companies tackled environmental problems and dealt with relevant legislation to deliver positive business outcomes...

This guide provides criteria and seven handy steps to help companies integrate environmental factors into product and service designs. It is aimed at industrial design companies and/or people involved in product design. The handbook includes four case studies of Basque companies that successfully...

Ekoscan provides a working method to help companies, including SMEs, incorporate environmental thinking into their daily business routines by involving the whole company and consolidating internal knowledge. The tool establishes the environment as a management function not just a cost. Performance...

A series of thematic publications released by the Basque Ecodesign Centre that simplify the technical aspects of emerging environmental themes, such as: Smart city: smart growth, smart neighbourhood, smart building, smart services, ICTs and home automation Ecodesign for a circular economy: extending...

This handbook explains in a visual and clear way how to identify where and how much waste is generated in a company. It helps to map waste-prevention opportunities using the company's premises as a starting point. With this information, management can lay out a waste-minimisation policy and save the...

This guide compiles 200 practical tips for companies to reduce waste while saving money. It presents the combined experience of clients and consultants who have collaborated to reduce all kinds of waste including emissions, discharges, etc., in a wide range of industry sectors. The first part of the...