R esearch & D evelopment Partners in success R esearch & D evelopment Partners in success rio_vortrag.ppt/BAG/ Page 1 Globale Plattform-Entwicklung für steigende Nachhaltigkeit R.I.O. Management Forum 2001

R esearch & D evelopment Partners in success R esearch & D evelopment Partners in success rio_vortrag.ppt/BAG/ Page 2 Schindler R&D and Production

R esearch & D evelopment Partners in success R esearch & D evelopment Partners in success rio_vortrag.ppt/BAG/ Page 3 Ecological Leverage Effect Estimated cost for power consumption EI * portfolio Cost for electricity, gas, water of Schindler companies 20 Cost Ratio of ecology related costs (closing 2000):  Focus on reduction of eco-impact on customer’s side (product usage phase) rather than product manufacturing * EI = Portfolio of existing elevator installations

R esearch & D evelopment Partners in success R esearch & D evelopment Partners in success rio_vortrag.ppt/BAG/ Page 4 Development Tests Construction Material supply Car Drive T/Hy Ropes Rails Others Controller Core- and other components (incl. maint. material) Production Car Drive T/Hy Ropes Rails Others Controller Core- and other components (excl. maint. material) Packaging, Trans- port, Installation Packaging (incl. disposal) Transports Third parts -> KWs KWs -> Commiss. site Commiss.site -> Install.site Disposal Installation Usage Operation & Stand-by Drive T/Hy Controller Cabin light Ventilation Door drive Maintenance Service traveling Disposal Dumping Recycling Incineration Waste & emissions (air, water, soil) Energy supply Raw material mining and working (incl. auxiliary materials) Life Cycle Phases of an Elevator

UBP rio_vortrag.ppt/BAG/ Page 5 R esearch & D evelopment Partners in success “best case”

R esearch & D evelopment Partners in success R esearch & D evelopment Partners in success rio_vortrag.ppt/BAG/ Page 6 Waste disposal scenarios for LCA Electric & electronic waste (prints, contactors, trafos, batteries from NSG) incineration Assumption landfill: 100% transfer of Cd, Ni (from batteries of emergency power supply NSG) and Zn (from galvanized steel) into soil. No transfer into groundwater.

R esearch & D evelopment Partners in success R esearch & D evelopment Partners in success rio_vortrag.ppt/BAG/ Page 7 Platform Management concerns whole organization/process Why Platform Management ? Our goal... … better fulfill customer needs, higher reliability, less complexity, less variants, lower cost, faster response. Main Processes Product Creation Sourcing, Logistik Installation Maintenance & Repair After-Sales

R esearch & D evelopment Partners in success R esearch & D evelopment Partners in success rio_vortrag.ppt/BAG/ Page 8 Environmental Management System - ISO for TS Development - a key task Which phases are environmentally relevant? Where are potentials for action? Idea / Planning Concept Rough Design Detail Design Pilot Deployment Basic idea Rough goals Costs Milestones etc. Product/ Materials Requirements Restrictions Function Variants Synthesis/ Variants Type Dimensions Design etc. Synthesis Detail- design Optimization etc. Procedure Further Optimations etc. Design optimization Decreasing potential for impact

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R esearch & D evelopment Partners in success R esearch & D evelopment Partners in success rio_vortrag.ppt/BAG/ Page 10 How to quantify improvement ? Product Eco-Performance Improvement Table (PEcoPIT) Checklist Cover  Operation Energy  Stand-by Energy  Material Supply PEcoPIT  Environmental Impact? New productPreceding product XYZCBAD Y C Select representative and comparable models: define system boundary define functional unit Total [  kWh,  UBP,  EIP] to be filled in only for the new product: if  energy<0 give reason why if contains any hazardous substances give disposal guidelines

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R esearch & D evelopment Partners in success R esearch & D evelopment Partners in success rio_vortrag.ppt/BAG/ Page 12 PEcoPIT Example: Control systems

R esearch & D evelopment Partners in success R esearch & D evelopment Partners in success rio_vortrag.ppt/BAG/ Page 13 Zusammenfassung Globale Platformentwicklung für steigende Nachhaltigkeit Verantwortung: Öko-effiziente Produkte Soziale Verantwortung für MA in Entwicklung weltweit Handlungsrelevanzen & Handlungsspielräume: Produktökologie, insbes. Energieverbrauch Betrieb & Stand-by F & E spielt zentrale Rolle, da grösste Einflussmöglichkeit Chancen: Austausch öko-effizienter Konzepte, Technologien und Platformen Grösseres Einflusspotential auf Lieferanten bezgl. Umweltanforderungen Ein einziger einheitlicher Entwicklungsprozess mit integrierten Umweltaspekten Gemeinsames Verständnis von Öko-Design Probleme: Bewertung der Umweltbelastung von globalen Produkten mit Schweizer resp. Europäischen Methoden und Ökoinventaren