Issue n°10 - January 2013

Please receive our best wishes for 2013.

For this new year, Agrobiobase features new functionalities by optimizing its ergonomics and providing the opportunity to contact directly suppliers.

Recent months have also seen the entry into force of the French label "Biobased building" to promote the use of biobased products in new construction in France.

In this newsletter, you will find an article on eco-design, written by the magazine Formule Verte.

The products were combined on a single database.The search criteria have been updated to optimize ergonomics (revised lists for sectors/markets and product families, request with keywords available).

By accessing the details of a provider, the visitor can now interact and send any questions and / or comments.

The French construction sector received on December 19 a new label to promote the integration of bio-based materials in new construction.

The decree of December 19, 2012 lays down the conditions for awarding the label that is intended for new buildings and includes three levels based on the bio-based material mass per square meter.

Each level requires a minimum rate of label incorporation of bio-based material. It depends on the use to which the building is intended.

Learn more about this label

The magazine Formule Verte offers a report on eco-design.

"Manufacturers in plant chemistry want to move towards products which are more eco-designed. However, environmental impact assessment and life cycle analysis of products is still complex. Therefore one of the challenges for eco-design is to communicate in a manner which is clear, simple and scientifically relevant to consumers."

[...] More on this report

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