Public institutions, companies and governments in the EU and around the world are increasingly engaging in sustainable public procurement - a broad concept that must consider the three pillars of economic equality,

Marta Andhov is an Assistant Professor in public procurement at Faculty of

Law, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Roberto Caranta is a Full Professor with the Law Department of the University

of Turin, Italy.

Anja Wiesbrock is a Senior Advisor at the Research Council of Norway.

Contents

List of Contributors

List of Abbreviations

Foreword

I. Editor's Note

II. Book Structure and Outline

PART 1

BALANCING ECONOMIC AND SUSTAINABILITY OBJECTIVES UNDER EU INTERNAL MARKET LAW

1. What Is Life-Cycle Costing?

Jason J. Czarnezki and Steven Van Garsse

2. The European Union Law of Life-Cycle Costing

Marta Andhov, Roberto Caranta and Anja Wiesbrock

3. Life-Cycle Costing in the Member States: Does the Tool Meet its Goals?

Raquel Carvallo

4. Life-Cycle Thinking and Public-Private Partnerships

Steven Van Garsse

PART II

SECTOR SPECIFIC STUDIES: EXPERIENCES, SHORTCOMINGS AND THE LESSONS LEARNT

5. Moving to a Quintuple Helix Approach in SPP: Collaboration and LCC for Lighting Procurements

Rodrigo Lozano, Sigrid Peterssen, Anette Jonsall, Camilla Niss, Björn Bergström

6. LCC Criteria for Procurement of ICT Products and Services: the Need for Taking a Flexible Approach

Raluca Suciu and Dacian Dragos

7. The Role of Eco-labels in Creation of Life-Cycle Criteria: the Case of Textile and Clothing Products

Malgorzata Koszewska

8. Life-Cycle Costing Within the Construction Sector: a Tool for Social Housing?

Deidre Halloran