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Costs and Benefits of
Green Public Procurement in Europe
(Final Report)
green version being even smaller. More products might be found asking cabinet makers or
cabinet makers’ workshops. However, it is to be expected that public purchasers would – not
least for the expected higher costs – rather not tender craftsmen.
5.11.5 Product type 11.2: Open storage units
5.11.5.1 Functional unit and alternatives to be analysed
The LCCA was conducted for the purchase of an open storage unit from timber derived
products with base or legs; height: ± 2060 mm (5 x DIN A4); width: ± 800 mm; depth:
± 435 mm. The sizes of the considered products might deviate slightly in case a congruent
storage unit is not available.
As described in section 5.11.2 the following green and non green versions are regarded:
§ Non green version: non-labelled open storage units
§ Green version: open storage units, labelled with one of the national eco-labels (Nordic
Swan, Blue Angel, AENOR or Czech Flower – Květina)
5.11.5.2 System boundaries
In the cost analysis, purchase and shipment of the open storage units were considered.
Costs for spare and wear parts over the product life time were neglected. For details on the
considered cost elements see section 5.11.3.
Data quality requirements:
§ Time-related coverage: Data on purchase prices date from 2007.
§ Geographical coverage: For this cost study cost data is used which is representative
for purchasing authorities in the selected member states (i.e. Sweden, Germany,
Spain, Czech Republic)
5.11.5.3 Results
The following table shows the purchase costs for green and non green open storage units in
the four selected Member States.
Table 174 Costs of open storage units in the four selected Member States; in Euros (incl. VAT)
Costs Differences
non green
version
green version absolute Relative
SV 433 437 4 1%
DE 226 462 236 104%
ES 223 451 228 102%
CS 143 162 19 13%