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Demonstrate and Assess New Tools for Environmental Sustainability
CPM
Center for Environmental
Assessment of Product
and Material Systems
Chalmers University of Technology
Demonstrate and Assess New Tools for Environmental Sustainability
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Chalmers
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Chalmers University of Technology is a multifaceted academic and
postgraduate university that conducts research and education
across a wide front within the areas of technology, natural science
and architecture.
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We are internationally forerunning in the areas of bioscience,
information technology, environmental science and nanotechnology
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Chalmers strives formidably to constantly develop by means of
opening doors to the outside world and encouraging innovative
thinking. We maintain close and fruitful cooperative relationships
with the business sector and society in general.
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Chalmers was founded in 1829 as the result of a donation from the
Director of the Swedish East India Company, William Chalmers. His
forwardly optimistic motto, which remains ours today, is: "Avancez!”
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” CPM is a national competence
center at Chalmers University of
Technology. CPM is jointly
funded by Industry, VINNOVA, the
Swedish Agency for Innovation
Systems and Chalmers”
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CPM
” The interface between the
University and the Industry”
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Overall goals
• to prevent and decrease environmental impact
associated with products.
• to gather and reinforce the Swedish competence
within sustainable product development at a high
international level.
• to provide industry and society with relevant methods
and support for implementation of environmental
aspects in decisions regarding products and
materials.
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Industry partners
ABB AB
Akzo Nobel AB
Bombardier Transportation
Duni AB
IKEA
ITT Flygt
SCA Hygiene Products
Stora Enso AB
Tetra Pak
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” Cross functional also at the
University”
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Participating institutions at Chalmers
CEI – Chalmers Environmental Initiative
IMI – Industrial Environmental Informatics
ESA – Environmental System Analysis
Physical Resource Theory
Dept. of Transportation and Logistics
Computing Science
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9 years of development
Sustainability
Implementation
Communication
Broader scope
Data
Methods
Tools for
Implementation
Tools for
Communication
Database structure
Data
How to perform
LCA
Stage 1
Stage 2
Implementation
Communication
Stage 3
Commercialization
Stage 4
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Structure
CPM
Industrial
Partners
Chalmers
VINNOVA
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Project
Strategies,
Communication
Implementation
Data &
Tools
Methods
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DANTES one of 7 projects
Environment and economy
Integrated environmental information system
Strategies and indicators for sustainability
How sustainable is the sustainability work of the
companies?
• DANTES
• Sustainable technology development processes
• Sustainable logistics
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Critical Success Factors
• Open exchange of information, knowledge and
results between member companies.
• Cross functional cooperation with the University
• Common focus on sustainable development
• Proactive approach
• Internationally well recognized
• Easy access to results
– www.cpm.chalmers.se
– www.dantes.info
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The knowledge transfer process
CPM
Idea
Research
Implementation
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Knowledge Transfer
Research
Process
Industrial
Development
Process
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Knowledge Transfer
Research
Process
Industrial
Process
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DANTES next step
• CPM aims at hosting the DANTES projects for the
next 2 years
• Further development of the content at DANTES
website including
– New tools
– More strategies from a wider range of industry
– Documents and reports
• Plan and organize maintenance after 2007
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IMI – Industrial Environmental Informatics
Example of DANTES results from
Industrial Environmental Informatics (IMI)
Markus Erlandsson
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PROJECT INFORMATION
IMI performs industry-applied research within DANTES
• DANTES is not a research project
• Experiences and results have been analysed and
structured – industry applied research
– Identify environmental information needed for
decisions
– Analyze and structure how different tools and
methods are used within companies
– Analyze and structure how environmental
information is communicated within and
between companies
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STRATEGIES
Information perspective on DANTES strategies
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Identify information
required for decision
Information
requirements
Break down
the information
requirements
into tools &
methods
Information for
decision-making
Comprehensible
information
Interpret the acquired
information
Tools &
Methods
Info
Basic information
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STRATEGIES
Strategies developed by IMI
• IMI has developed strategies based on earlier work
in the area of industrial environmental informatics
• Two strategies published on www.dantes.info are
based on results from projects run together with the
railway industry
– Supply chain:
• EPIs in supply chain communication
– R&D:
• Design for environment
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STRATEGIES
How to find the
strategy
EPIs in supply chain communication
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Background to the strategy
STRATEGIES
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RAVEL (Rail Vehicle Eco-Efficient Design) project
– EC-funded project running 1998-2001
– A Design for Environment (DfE) methodology was developed
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REPID project
– EC-funded project running 2002-2004
– An implementation of the RAVEL results
– Partners:
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UIC (Trade association for railway operators)
UNIFE (Trade association for railway manufacturers)
Bombardier Transportation
Alstom Transportation
Deutsche Bahn
SEMCON Sweden
Industrial Environmental Informatics, Chalmers
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STRATEGIES
Target groups and benefits
• Persons involved in the purchasing process in a
manufacturing industry
• Provides a language for communication of
environmental performance within the supply
chain
• Provides a structured method on how to
measure environmental performance of
products
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Communication and measurement of
environmental performance
STRATEGIES
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Supplier
Manufacturer
Operator
Public and
consumer
market
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This strategy describes how a common language can
be established and utilized in the communication
between different parts in the supply chain
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Provides a connection between market requirements
and the product design
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Communication of environmental requirements and
performance is based on measurable Environmental
Performance Indicators (EPIs)
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Environmental Performance Indicators (EPIs)
STRATEGIES
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Quantitative expression of the environmental performance
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Criteria of indicators used in a DfE-system
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The indicators are measurable
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The indicators are able to control and can be influenced by the
design process
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The indicators address important and well defined environmental
issues
The set of EPIs defined in the REPID project are defined:
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in accordance with ISO 14031 – Environmental Performance
Evaluation
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based on environmental policy of rail operators and
manufacturers
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STRATEGIES
Example of a set of EPIs
Representing environmental impact on
the production, use and end of life phase of a product
Example:
Indicator name: Fraction recycled
material
Description: Monitor the weight fraction
of recycled materials in the product. The
term recycled means the material has
been recycled through material recycling.
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STRATEGIES
EPI
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EPIs for communication of environmental performance
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STRATEGIES
Experiences
• Through the REPID project, a common
language has been created allowing a whole
sector to communicate easier
• The railway industry spent much time and
resources on the process and they are not yet
finished
• Some of the EPIs developed within the railway
industry have been a demand to use for several
years
• Education programs need to be set up since all
involved parties need to have a common
understanding of the method and the EPIs
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Experiences
STRATEGIES
Standardisation within the railway industry
Version 2
IT Tool
Ver.1
Version 3
Version 4
Later versions
AEIF/ RES Technical Committee
Rail Eco-procurement Network
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2007
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ESA - Environmental system analysis
Example of DANTES results from
Environmental system analysis (ESA)
Environmental costs in LCC
Bengt Steen
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DANTES
Why environmental costs in LCC?
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Environmental costs and benefits are significant
issues for many companies
LCC is a way of communicating product qualities
Driving forces for internalising external
environmental costs
– Polluter pays principle (PPP) or “get the prices
right”
– Information society
– Institutionalisation
– Globalisation
– IPP
– Global Reporting Initiative, GRI
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External costs
DANTES
Emission
or
activity
SO2
NOx
PM10
Cd
Pb
CH4
CO2 *)
CO
VOC
Dioxine
Units
€/kg
€/kg
€/kg
€/kg
€/kg
€/kg
€/kg
€/kg
€/kg
€/kg
ExternE
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estimate)
9.2
10.0
17.0
67.0
10.0
0.2
0.019
ExternE
(Low)
290 000
29 000
1.3
1.1
1.9
6.7
5.0
0.043
0.0038
ExternE
(High)
27
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120
15
1.6
0.139
520.000
*) cost for CO2 in GHG trading: 0.00941 EUR/kg
Pace
stud
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3.70
1.50
2.17
Massachusets EPS
study
2000d
1.24
5.38
3.31
0.012 0.018
0.72
4.39
3.27
2.13
36
10.2
2910
2.72
0.108
0.331
2.14
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DANTES
Internal environmental costs
Value issues according to WBCSD
Shareholder value
Revenue
Operational efficiency
Operational efficiency
Operational efficiency
Access to capital
Customer attraction
Brand value and reputation
Human & intellectual capital
Human & intellectual capital
Risk profile
Innovation
Licence to operate
Types of benefits according to Willard
Increased revenue/market share
Increasing employee productivity
Reduced expenses in manufacturing
Reduced expenses at commercial sites
Easier financing
Increased revenue/market share
Increased revenue/market share
Easier hiring of the best talent
Higher retention of top talent
Reduced risk,
Increasing employee productivity
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DANTES
Internal environmental costs
item
Annual savings on recruiting costs
Annual savings from higher retention rates
Annual benefits on increased productivity
Annual benefits in manufacturing costs
Savings in commercial site operating cost
Inceased revenue, and resulting profit
Expense reduction from reduced risks
Total
% increase of profit
0.03
1.3
25.2
5.5
0.9
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0.6
38.4
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PUBLICATIONS
LCC at DANTES info
• Reports on
– External Environmental costs in LCC
– State of the art of LCA and LCC tools
– LCC/LCA experience - developing and
working with LCC tools
– Case studies
• Software
– LCC light
– Interpretation keys