Preface. List of corresponding authors. 1. An introduction to quantified eco-efficiency analysis Gjalt Huppes and Masanobu Ishikawa. GENERAL METHODS. 2. Maximum abatement costs for calculating cost-effectiveness of green activities with multiple environmental effects Tosihiro Oka, Yoshifumi Fujii, Masanobu Ishikawa, Yu Matsuno and Shu Susami. 3. From thermodynamic efficiency to eco-efficiency Reinout Heijungs. 4. The price of toxicity. Methodology for the assessment of shadow prices for human toxicity, ecotoxicity and abiotic depletion Toon van Harmelen, Rene Korenromp, Ceiloi van Deutekom, Tom Ligthart, Saskia van Leeuwen and Rene van Gijlswijk. CASES IN AGRICULTURE. 5. Conservation reconsidered: A modified input-output analysis of the economic impact of China's land conversion policy Fan Zhang. CASES IN INDUSTRY. 6. Eco-efficiency in redesigned extended supply chains: furniture as an example Ottar Michelsen. 7. Practical experiences with reducing industrial use of water and chemicals in the galvanising industry Johannes Fresner, Josef Mair, Hans Schnitzer, Christoph Brunner, Gernot Gwehenberger and Mikko Planasch. 8. Cost-efficient solutions can speed up ecological (and social) development - A proposal Ernst-Josef Spindler. CASES IN PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION. 9. Environmental performance of households Mette Wier, Line Block Christoffersen, Jesper Munksgaard, Trine S. Jensen, Ole G. Pedersen and Hans Keiding. 10. Eco-efficiency analysis of an electrochromic smart window prototype Spiros Papaefthimiou, Elleni Syrrakou and Panayiotis Yianoulis. 11. Upgrade planning for upgradeable product design Kentaro Watanabe, Yoshiki Shimomura and AkiraMatsuda. CASES IN RECYLING. 12. A strategic policy model for promoting secondary materials use Nur Indrianti, Shinobu Matsuoka and Masaaki Muraki. 13. Eco-efficiency analysis of the plastic recovery systems in Hyogo eco-town project Helmut Yabar and Tohru Morioka. Index.