Material Input Per Unit Of Service

Material input per unit of service (MIPS) is a unit of eco-efficiency that examines sustainability of production by breaking down products into services they provide and examining the amount of materials that needs to be displaced in order to provide a unit of service Example:
Automobile factories don't make automobiles but services of transport. A car is broken down into the mileage it provides as services and that is evaluated against total material displacement in manufacturing, fueling, maintenance and waste disposal

History

The MIPS Concept was originally developed in The Wuppertal Institute by a team lead by Prof. Friedrich Schmidt-Bleek in 1993
See also: *Eco-efficiency

 

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