Sustainability evaluation of European household services |
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| Institution: | 1. Mechanical Engineering Dept. KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium;2. Member of Flanders Make;1. State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China;2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China;3. School of Economics and Management, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China;4. United Nation Environment-Tongji Institute of Environment for Sustainable Development, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China;5. Foreign Environmental Cooperation Center, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Beijing 100035, China;6. School of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming 650504, China |
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| Abstract: | In this article we evaluate over 200 European household services in seven service areas related to household consumption. Services were chosen that contribute to at least two of the three dimensions of sustainable development: environment, social aspects, and economy. The analysed services are called sustainable home services indicating that they are provided to the customers directly at home or on the premises, and that they enhance sustainable development. It appears that the social effects of the assessed services are larger than their environmental and economic benefits. This is presumably at least partly due to the fact that in order to survive in the market, household services must first and foremost be socially beneficial to the users, in other words, improve the quality of life of consumers. |
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