1. EAD 765 Profa.Adriana Marotti
Life Cycle Assessment
EAD 765
Profa.Adriana Marotti

2. Life Cycle Assesment https://youtu.be/cYOC8_jJcII
Broad and Integrated environmental evaluation for all steps of the life of a product
Raw Material Extraction
Composition
Processing
Energy Consumption
Waste Management

3. Life Cycle Assesment Includes:
Scope: Aim of the study and boundaries definition
Example:
Inventory:
Quantity and types of raw material
Energy
H20
Waste and Emission
Impacts trough Life Cycle
Production, Distribution, Use and Disposal
Impact Valuation
Improvement Opportunites

4. LCA - Application Product development Technology Selection
Product life steps with higher impacts
Relevant enviromental indicatiors selection for project management
Product and Processes design/re-design

5. Life Cycle Assesment
Exemplo: Comparison between typs of Light Bulbs – Incandescent / Compact (flourescent)
Softwares
OpenLCA
Database:
Consultancy :

6. LCA – Example – Washing Machine

7. LCA – Light Bulbs

8. Adriana Marotti de Mello – USP
24 th International Colloquium of Gerpisa
Ecodesign Practices in Heavyweight Vehicle Development – A Case Study of the Impact of the Euro 5 emissions standard on the Brazilian Industry
Gabriela Scur – FEI
Adriana Marotti de Mello – USP
Lilian Schreiner - USP

9. Agenda Intrduction Conceptual Basis Research Method Results
Objectives / Research Questions
Conceptual Basis
Ecodesign
Ecodesign and Automotive Industry
Environmental impact of the truck industry
Research Method
Results
Conclusions

11. Introduction
Automotive industry – submited to high pressures regarding emisssions/fuel consumption
Trucks in Brazil – high impact on air quality
Trucks /buses are main transportation mode for people/goods
Main responsible for poor air quality in cities

12. Introduction
Proconve 7 (Control Program for motor vehicle-based air pollution ): adoption of Euro 5 Standards – 2012
Demanded efforts all over the supply chain:
Truck design
Engines design
Diesel quality (reduction of sulfur levels from )
Arla 32 (urea) /distribution

13. Introduction High pressure injection pump Eletronic module
Eletronic module with OBD
Turbo and intercooler
Ultra high pressure electronic injection
Exhaust system with SCR with urea or EGR

14. Objectives / Research Questions
How are ecodesign practices embedded in the product development process of a truck automaker ?

15. Ecodesign The basic activities of ecodesign :
Design for reducing or eliminating environmentally hazardous materials such as lead, mercury, chromium, and cadmium
Design for reuse
Design for recycling
Design for remanufacturing
Design for resource efficiency

16. Environmental impact of the truck industry

17. Method
Case study
OEM – Traditional commercial vehicles and trucks manufacturer in Brazil
Diesel Engines producer, supplier and co-developer of Euro V project
Product Engineer and Environmental Managers in both companies

18. Results

20. Conclusions Role of OEM is fundamental – supplier “follows the rules”
Main motivation – Governmental rules.
Market initially rejected the product – higher price
Ecological appeal is still very limited with regard to the motivation for the purchase of trucks
Regulations/Incentives are mandatory in order to make ecodesign actually works, specially in commercial vehicles segment