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