Sustainability and LCA

Honeywell Transportation Systems

Srinath

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• What is sustainability

• Drivers-Energy and GHG(Greenhouse gases) reduction

• Sustainable Development as a path to long-term business growth

• Measuring Sustainability

• Scope and Approach

• Product Model Based LCA

• Customer Initiatives in Sustainability

• Process Map

• LCA Utilization

• Path ahead

• Results and Findings

Agenda

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What is Sustainability

Sustainability, like quality, is a journey. It is a bumpy

road lined with continuous improvements. As you

make these improvements, you are getting closer to

the absolute ideal but you may never reach it.

… a product that has limited negative impact on

environment and society while delivering the same

utility to the customer (quality, performance, features,

fabrication, application, durability ) at the same price

or slightly higher price.

Green product is…

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Drivers-Energy and GHG(Greenhouse gases) reduction

Governance Risks

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Sustainable Development as a path to long-term business growth

Integrate sustainability

into customer

relationships

Open up new markets

and target audiences

Develop tailored solutions

Reduce risk to reputation

Clear and forthcoming communication

Minimizing risk

Value creation

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Measuring Sustainability

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Scope and Approach

Scope: • The goal of this project is to carry out a Life Cycle Assessment

(LCA) of a Turbo charger (Automotive assembly) as per ISO 14040

and ISO 14044 requirements.

• The life cycle analysis of the Turbocharger assembly production

is done using the approach of “cradle to grave“ LCA by analyzing

all the upstream material flow with the GaBi software and

databases.

Approach followed: Cradle to

Grave

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How Turbocharger works

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Product Model Based LCA

Product

Model BOM

Mapping Product

Model with LCA

Datasets

LCA Results

LCA Datasets Starting

point

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Customer Initiatives in Sustainability

CUSTOMER

References

Communication

Honda

Green Purchasing guidelines

Environmental Certificates

Daimler – NA

Daimler– Eu

Green Purchasing guidelines

Green Purchasing guidelines

BMW, Fiat , Ford

Product Sustainability Index

Standard

LCA Journal

GM (Fiat, Opel, SAAB,

& Vauxhall)

Design for Environment

Hino

Website, Environmental

Report

Nissan

Eco Friendly guidelines

Environmental report

Toyota

ECO VAS

LCI results published

VW

Environmental Commendation

Gre

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Process Map defined to conduct LCA

Define the process

Set the boundary

Analyse the manufacturing process (different emissions)

Analyse the inputs/outputs of each process and record the data in particular production line

Record the energy usage and other energy consumed at plant level and allocate it to particular

production line

Inventory setup

Obtain the Supplier data in lack of required datasets

Obtain the packaging and MRO chemicals consumption data for particular product

Create a model in Gabi with the inventory data

Obtain the Transportation data

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LCA Utilization

Minimise toxic chemical content

Incorporate recycled and recyclable materials

Use more durable materials

Reduce materials use

Energy efficiency

Reduce product emissions and waste

Minimise packaging

Incorporate recyclable materials

Ensure easy disassembly

Reduce materials diversity

Standardise material types

Reduce process waste

Reduce energy

Reduce use of toxic chemicals

Materials Selection Product use

Production impacts Design for recycling and

reuse

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Results and Findings

Process Percenta

ge

Compone

nt weight

Suggestions

Compressor Housing 28.9% 0.908 Kg Though weight of compressor housing is less than 1 kg but it

contributes to 11 kg of GHG emission due to use of virgin aluminum.

Use of recycled aluminum will substantially reduce the carbon

footprint

Key Findings:

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Questions

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