English Abstract This report of the MATRIC project investigated
'Eco-efficiency in industrial production'. After a general introduction
into the domain of eco-efficiency, the first part of this report further
focusses on the organisation of Product-Oriented Environmental Management
(POEM), which is defined as the systematic attention of a company for
reducing the environmental impact of its products across the entire product
lifecycle. The second part of this report focusses on the adoption of
eco-efficient construction systems in Dutch house building. After a general
description of socio-technical development in Dutch housing construction,
the housing construction regime is described, special attention is given to
the adoption paths of timber-frame and calcium silicate stone construction
systems, and, finally lessons for the governance of socio-technical
development in Dutch housing construction are drawn.
