Using Life Cycle Assessment on environmental management projects: a case study of a Brazilian vehicle development

Author

Da Silva, Cristiano A. ; Ferrão, Paulo M C ; Freitas, Manuel ; Rodrigues, Luciano ; Alves, Daniela E.

Author_Institution

Tech. Super. Inst., Tech. Univ. of Lisbon, Lisbon

fYear

2008

fDate

28-30 June 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

The work shows a case study where LCA (Life Cycle Assessment) was used as a tool-driven in the development of a Brazilian vehicle, namely a Buggy. It analyzed the environmental advantages to employ vegetal fibers in development products by LCA focus using the software SIMAPRO V7.1 based on stages of vehicle, from raw material extraction to production. The results are presented by means of confrontation jute fiber and fiberglass based on Eco-Indicator95. They show that materials are both the base of LCA and also too important to build and support an environmental management of products and process.

Keywords

automobile manufacture; design for environment; environmental management; natural fibres; product life cycle management; production engineering computing; sustainable development; Brazilian vehicle development; Buggy; eco-design; environmental management; fiberglass; jute fiber; life cycle assessment; software SIMAPRO V7.1; sustainable operations; vegetal fibers; Art; Ecosystems; Environmental factors; Environmental management; Humans; Investments; Natural fibers; Production; Raw materials; Vehicles; Eco-Design; Jute Fibers; LCA; Sustainable Operations;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering Management Conference, 2008. IEMC Europe 2008. IEEE International

Conference_Location

Estoril

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2288-3

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2289-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMCE.2008.4618015

Filename

4618015