Welcome to eco-furnace.org

This is the project website for the preparatory study on Industrial and Laboratory Furnaces and Ovens DG ENTR Lot 4. The study is being carried out for The European Commission (DG ENTR) in the context of the Ecodesign Directive.

Stakeholder involvement is a crucial part of the study. You can follow the progress of the study through this website. By registering as a stakeholder, you can stay informed of the latest additions to this site and download the documents for consultation.

What's new?

2 April 2012 – Minutes and presentations from the final stakeholder meeting are now available here meetings.

1 March 2012 – Draft tasks 1-7 are now available on the documents page.

17 February 2012 – The date for the 3rd (and final) stakeholder meeting has been set: 26 March in Brussels. Details are on the meetings page.

19 December 2011 – A new questionnaire on Task 6 is now available for download on the documents page. Responses would be appreciated by 11th January 2012.

11 October 2011 – The minutes from the 2nd stakeholder meeting are now available here meetings. We are currently collecting performance parameter data and when this is completed, we will issue a revised Tasks 1-5 draft report.

14 September 2011 – The presentations from the 2nd stakeholder meeting held on 7 September 2011 are now available here meetings

14 September 2011 – The latest questionnaire, as mentioned at the 2nd stakeholder meeting, is now available on the documents page, along with some guidance on how to complete it. Responses would be appreciated by 7 October 2011.

11 July 2011 – Draft tasks 1-5 are now available on the documents page.

11 July 2011 – A list of some of the registered stakeholders has been published on the Consortium and Key contacts page. If you wish to be included, please use this link to opt in: http://go.biois.com/Lot4.

13 June 2011 – The second stakeholder meeting will be held on 7 September in Brussels. Details will be posted on the meetings page.

18 May 2011 – If you have already registered and you agree to have your name, the name of your organisation and your email address published in the list of stakeholders, please use this link to opt in: http://go.biois.com/Lot4.

27 October 2010 – The third stakeholder questionnaire concerning task 6 is now available in the documents section

30 September 2010 – Second stakeholder questionnaires concerning task 4 are now available here documents

19 August 2010 – Stakeholder comments on draft tasks 1-3 are now available here documents

August 2010 – The minutes and presentations of the 1st stakeholder meeting held on June 24th 2010 are now available here meetings

June 2010 – The agenda of the 1st stakeholder meeting to be held on 24 June 2010 is now available here documents

27 May 2010 – Draft tasks 1-3 is now available in the documents section.

31 March 2010 – The questionnaire is now available in the documents section. We welcome all stakeholders to complete it by the end of April.

2 March 2010 – An introductory project description document is available in the documents section.

1 February 2010 – The Lot 4 website is on-line. The documents related to the study will be made available here.