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Eco-efficiency: Inside BASF and Beyond…
Charlene Wall, BASF Corporation, Mount Olive, New Jersey
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Eco-efficiency: Inside BASF and Beyond…
Charlene Wall, BASF Corporation, Mount Olive, New Jersey
• Introduction to Eco-efficiency
• Eco-efficiency Decision Tool Case Studies:
• Textile dyeing
• Logistics
• Refrigerators
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Society
Ecology
Economy
Sustainable Development is based on three Pillars
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What is Eco-Efficiency Analysis?
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A comprehensive assessment of products and processes.
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Ecological and economic aspects are equally weighted.
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The products are analyzed from the end customers‘ perspective.
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Potential scenarios and their effects are evaluated.
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Eco-efficiency analysis is a standard tool in the BASF Group: more
than 150 analyses have been carried out.
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Costs Analysis
Total costs
Costs in $ per functional unit
1.0
high
Alternative 2
Alternative 4
Alternative 1
Alternative 3
costs
Alternative 4
Alternative 3
Alternative 2
Alternative 1
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low
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Development of Ecological Value
Parameters considered
Ecological fingerprint
•Raw Materials
Energy Consumption
Land Use
•Land Use
0.50
•Emissions
0.00
•Risk potential
Relative environmental
impact
1.00
•Energy consumption
•Toxicity
Ecological advantage
Emissions
High
Product 2
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Raw Materials
Toxicity Potential
Product 1
Risk Potential
Low
1 = greatest effect on the environment
0 = smallest effect on the environment
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Social Assessment Factors
20%
Energy
consumption
20%
Raw material
consumption
10%
Land Use
20%
Emissionen
Emissions
20%
Toxicity
potential
10%
Risk potential
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LuftAir
emissionen
emissions
50%
Water
emissions
35%
Wastes
15%
Greenhouse
warming potential
50%
Ozone depletion
potential
20%
Photochemical
ozone creation
potential
20%
Acidification potential
10%
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Ecoefficiency Portfolio: Links Costs and Environmental Impact
0,3
1 unit of
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Alternative 3
Environmental impact
(normalized)
Customer related
benefit:
high eco-efficiency
Alternatives
investigated
Alternative 1
relative market position
1,0
Alternative 4
Alternative 2
Alternative 1
x%
Alternative 2
z%
Alternative 3
y%
Alternative 4
t%
low eco-efficiency
1,7
1,7
1,0
Costs (normalized)
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0,3
The circle area is
equal to the
relative market
position.
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Dyeing Eco-efficiently:
Helping small and medium
enterprises make the best
decisions
 Pilot project with UNIDO and UNEP as part of the United
Nations - Global Compact initiative
 A software tool which allows the user to assess the ecoefficiency of various processing methods
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Dyeing Eco-efficiently: System Boundaries
Production
Processing Steps
Disposal
Water
Pre-treatment
Electricity
Dyeing
Finishing
Wastewater
Off-gas
treatment
Steam
Production of
Dyes
Auxiliaries
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Landfill
Incineration
Finished fabric
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Dyeing Eco-efficiently: Inputs and Outputs
• User Inputs:
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Fabric quantity, number of processing steps, processing time
Chemicals
Utility consumption
Process emissions
Costs
• Eco-efficiency Manager Outputs:
• Portfolio: which alternative is the most eco-efficient?
• Environmental Fingerprint: what are the impacts of each?
• Relative comparisons for each of the categories: Emissions, Energy
and Raw Material Consumption, Land Use, Toxicity and Risk
Potential
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Process Improvements
• A two-step dyeing process for mixed fabric was changed
to a one-step process, by using a new chemical.
• Decreased energy and water consumption resulted in
improvements in almost all environmental categories.
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Process Improvements
• The new chemical provided environmental benefits at
the same overall costs, even though the chemical price
was more expensive.
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Getting from here to there eco-efficiently
Ecologistix - a Software developed by BASF
The goal of this software is:
 to compare economics, environmental impact and
responsible care for transporting products
 to offer innovative and responsible solutions to our
customers
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Getting from here to there eco-efficiently
• User Inputs:
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Payload
Chemical hazard class
Shipping fees
Distances for land, sea
Number of transfers
Open/closed filling systems
• Eco-efficiency Manager Outputs:
• Portfolio: which alternative is the most eco-efficient?
• Environmental Fingerprint: what are the impacts of each?
• Relative comparisons for each of the categories: Emissions, Energy
and Raw Material Consumption, Land Use, Toxicity and Risk
Potential
• CO2 savings potential
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Logistic alternatives for supplying product to another site
(14.000 t pro Jahr)
Ludwigshafen
Rail, Tank-car
(58 t Load, 755 km)
Tank-truck
(23 t Load,
698 km)
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Destination Site
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Customer
Benefit:
Transport
of 14.000 t of
product from
Ludwigshafen
to a customer
Environmental Impact (normalized)
Getting from here to there eco-efficiently
0,5
Alternatives
1,0
1,5
1,5
Road transport,
conventional tanktruck
23 t Load
1,0
Costs (normalized)
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Rail, Tank-car,
58 t Load
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Cooling Eco-efficiently: Refrigerators
• A project done by BASF for the German Green Party and
the Wuppertal Institute
• Helps the consumer decide:
“Should I buy a new refrigerator or continue to use my old
one?”
• Considers production and disposal of the appliance
itself, as well as energy consumption
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Refrigerators: the Customer Benefit
Customer Benefit
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Use of a 143 l
cooling capacity
refrigerator over
5 years
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New Alternatives
Product Use
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Continued use of a
10 year old
refrigerator with
260 kWh/y or
330 kWh/y average
energy
consumption
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Buy a new
refrigerator and
dispose of/recycle
the old one: two
energy efficiencies
(A & B)
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Customer
benefit:
Use of 143l of
cooling capacity
over 5 years
Environmental impact (normalized)
Cooling Eco-efficiently: the Portfolio
0,5
High eco-efficiency
New A
Old 1
New A –Highest Efficiency
New B
1,0
Alternatives
considered
New B – Lower Eff.
Old 1 – Higher Eff.
Old 2 – Lower Eff.
Old 2
Low eco-efficiency
1,5
1,5
1,0
0,5
Costs (normalized)
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Cooling Eco-efficiently: Refrigerators
• Buying a new more energy-efficient appliance brings
the greatest environmental benefit…
• …at only slightly higher cost
• Energy efficiency is key!!!
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Eco-Efficiency Analysis:
Our Innovative Instrument for better Products
With an eye to the markets of the future, we believe that it is prudent to
consider the environmental friendliness of one’s own products. That is why
we felt it was important to develop an effective means of monitoring
ecological and economic performance.
Eco-efficient products and processes give BASF
and our customers a competitive edge.
For more information:
www.basf.de/en/corporate/sustainability/oekoeffizienz/
or send an email to [email protected]
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