Life cycle management: roles of standards Dr Norman Swindells CEng, FIMMM Ferroday Limited DEPUIS Workshop, ENEA,

Integrated Product Policy (IPP)  European Commission policy to support the Revised Lisbon Agenda  Outlines a strategy for reducing the environmental impact caused by products  Consideration should be given to all aspects of the product life-cycle: from cradle to grave  Causes considerable intellectual challenge for design with dependence on good quality information

Whole product life cycle

Whole life cycle approach  Information management is every company’s second business  Whole life cycle approach to product and processes should also extend to information derived from data  Life time of product data is longer than the life time of computer software

Requirements for data for IPP Product properties LCA Design Re-use Disposal plan Disposal methods Disposal records

Computerised environmental information  Computerised environmental information has special problems: Lifetime of information is longer than the lifetime of any software or system Multi-system communication is needed in the present time Unknown users in unknown places need the data to use with unknown systems at unknown times in the future

Sustainable data  Requirements for information: Data for design, life-cycle assessment and disposal methods that can be integrated with engineering design systems to support the supply chain Data to accompany a product to its end- of-life phase to manage the disposal strategy with information on design, assembly, maintenance, materials

End of Life Vehicle information flow Final user depolute dismantle shred National admin Local admin Auto OEM landfill

Life cycle assessement  The investigation and valuation of the environmental impacts of a given product (ISO 14040, standards)  Goal and scope Identify system boundaries  Life cycle inventory (LCI) modelling of the product system, data collection, as well as description and verification of data  Life cycle impact assessment (LCIA) impact potentials are calculated based on the LCI results  Interpretation of results

ISO Standards for LCA  ISO Principles and framework Overview of the practice, principles and limitations of life cycle assessment  ISO Requirements and guidelines Guidance on the impact assessment phase, interpretation of results, nature and quality of data  ISO Data documentation format For written records, not computer records

SC4 standards for sustainable data  ISO Product data representation for all stages of the life cycle  ISO Dictionaries of products processes and properties to support applications of ISO  ISO Reference data of terms and definitions  ISO 8000 The quality control and quality assurance of data

ISO Standards for IPP  ISO Design and assembly of mechanical products  ISO Design and assembly of electronic circuits  ISO Design and assembly of automobiles  ISO Engineering properties for product design  ISO Product life cycle support

Role of DEPUIS Eco- innovation Depends on Correct use of LCA data Depends on Correct use of Product data technology ISO TC 207 develops ISO series standards for the environmental data management ISO TC 184 develops standards for the interoperability of data warehouse, design data, process data, etc. Provid e suppo rt for

Conclusions  DEPUIS is showing how the two groups of standards are interrelated  LCA depends on the availability of information from a variety of sources  SC4 standards provide the means to manage the supply of that data and to provide longevity, stability and quality assurance