1. Life Cycle Analysis

2. What is it?
The life cycle of a product from the origin/creation of all its parts until it is completely useless and its disposal

3. The Concept
When applying the life cycle analysis of products in everyday life, people consider the following:
Impacts at every stage of production
What is involved in getting product to consumers?
Consequences of using the product
Problems with disposal of all parts of the product
Implications with destruction of the product

4. Life cycle analysis considers the social, economic and environmental impacts of obtaining the components, the manufacturing of the product and destroying the product.

5. When do we use it?
Life cycle analysis is a part of any product at all stages of development but it can and should be incorporated in early steps of the design process.
Incorporating the life cycle into the design process will allow people to develop “cradle to cradle” products instead of “cradle to grave” products.

6. The traditional design process
1. Identify a Problem
2. Investigate and Brainstorm
3. Research Ideas and Develop Solutions
4. Design a Solution
5. Build a Prototype
6. Test and Evaluate the Prototype

7. The Green Design Process
The Problem

8. Life Cycle Analysis
Ask these questions at the life cycle analysis stage:
Where did it come from?
What was involved in getting/making it?
What is it being used for now?
How will it be used in the future?
Where will its parts go at the end of its life?

9. What do you think the terms “cradle to cradle” and “cradle to grave” mean?