Material input per unit of service
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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.
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History
The MIPS Concept was originally developed in The Wuppertal Institute by a team lead by Prof. Friedrich Schmidt-Bleek in 1993.
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