International workshop “Zero Emission Furniture 3.0”

The environmental sustainability of products and manufacturing processes is configuring as one of the main drivers for innovation and for International competitiveness of all industrial sectors within the European Union.

In this sense, consumer’s needs for a better quality of life, both at individual and social level, can be satisfied; on the other hand, industrial products can guarantee improved performances and, at the same time, companies can rely on a higher competitiveness, especially if compared to the manufacturers of newly industrialized countries.

The wood-furniture sector is particularly sensitive to the issue of sustainability: in fact, its outputs have a significant influence the citizens’ lives, both at home and in the workplace, with a very important impact on the environmental quality. For these reasons, Cosmob organizes a symposium, in order to acquire and disseminate among operators an overiew of the state of the art about the regulations, as well as about the initiatives at the international level who have been realized or are currently being carried out; the aim is to indicate a strategy for ecosustainability of the wood-furniture industry, with particular reference to the consumers’ needs.

In detail, the initiatives that will be discussed, have been started in order to reduce harmful gas emissions, to qualify products as eco-friendly, to recover industrial waste in view of the realization of furnishings. Thanks to the experience gained by technical-scientific experts and industry stakeholders, it will be possible to discuss about critical aspects of the products during their whole life cycle, from the design to production phase, also considering their using time and their disposal.