At EnviroSave we can assist you in understanding the Life Cycle of the Products and Services you provide. We can also compare component alternatives and look at the Environmental impact of both the finished product, its energy usage through its life cycle through to its disposal.
What is Life Cycle Analysis?
"In principle, all decisions that affect or are meant to improve the environmental performance of a product or service should be scrutinized in terms of their life cycle implications. For the environmental perspective, a product's life cycle can be represented as a circular movement that ties together resource extraction, production, distribution, consumption and disposal. In other words, all the phases of organized matter and energy that are in some way related to the making and use of a product can also be linked to an impact on the environment."
—Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development,
Paris, France, 1995
A life-cycle assessment (LCA) is a systematic, cradle-to-grave process that evaluates the environmental impacts of products, processes, and services. Its quality depends on the life-cycle inventory (LCI) data it uses.
An LCA tracks a product's environmental impact from resource extraction through disposal and examines the energy it uses and the pollution it creates. The LCA methodology is shown in Figure 1. The interpretation step evaluates the processes and impact indicators to determine how to reduce environmental burdens. LCA’s benefit manufacturers, architects, builders, and government agencies by answering environmental impact questions and identifying areas for improvement.
EnviroSave can assist you in understanding your Products life Cycle for both existing and new products. Our Consultants utilise specialist software to assist you in assessing the impact of your products and services. Contact us or call +44 (0)1732 741055
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