information dissemination.
Information about the EU Ecolabel and the equivalent National Ecolabel (The Nordic Swan) and the
Ecolabel products available was provided to the key stakeholders such as the public purchasers and
architects as well as the end users.
The municipality of Egedal is actively promoting the Ecolabels through tenders by asking that products used
comply with criteria based on the ISO type 1 Ecolabels.
A report and three guides were developed within the context of this work. The report covers topics
regarding:
For more information, see deliverable 47 "Use of the European and equivalent ISO type 1 Ecolabels in
the building industry"
The first two guides "Deliverables 24 and 25" were developed to assist the municipalities and the building
industry in integrating the EU Ecolabel in building projects.
These two guides together with material from the report above have been merged into a final guide
"Integrating the EU Ecolabel in building projects".
industry with a simple pragmatic tool that is easy to understand and use in order to reach the
main objective of - integrating the European Ecolabel in building project.
through Ecolabel product use and secondarily through information dissemination to stakeholders.
The guide describes the "Must Tasks" in 4 phases which are essential in reaching the goal of integrating
Ecolabelled products and services in building projects. The figure below shows the methodology of the
guide diagrammatically.