MITESD S43S14 Lecture5
MITESD S43S14 Lecture5
MITESD S43S14 Lecture5
Edgar
Blanco
Tony
Craig
Alexis
Bateman
2nd
Half
Spring
2014
MIT
Center
for
Transporta:on
&
Logis:cs
Learning
Objec:ves
Understand
the
steps
in
the
LCA
methodology
and
how
it
can
be
used
by
rms
to
make
decisions
around
key
environmental
drivers,
compare
products,
and
evaluate
reduc:on
strategies
* CO2 per dry. Data from Gagnon and Panertos, 2009 report Comparative
Environmental Life Cycle Assessment of Hand Drying systems, prepared for Excel
Dryer, Inc. Quantis.
Courtesy of Gregory, J., R. Kirchain, and T. Montalbo, Materials Systems Laboratory, MIT. Used with permission.
LCA
takes
a
life
cycle
view
of
a
products,
from
raw
materials
through
end
of
life.
It
applies
to
services
as
well
as
products
Courtesy of Gregory, J., R. Kirchain, and T. Montalbo, Materials Systems Laboratory, MIT. Used with permission.
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Commons license. For more information, see http://ocw.mit.edu/help/faq-fair-use/.
Courtesy of Gregory, J., R. Kirchain, and T. Montalbo, Materials Systems Laboratory, MIT. Used with permission.
Courtesy of Gregory, J., R. Kirchain, and T. Montalbo, Materials Systems Laboratory, MIT. Used with permission.
Courtesy of Gregory, J., R. Kirchain, and T. Montalbo, Materials Systems Laboratory, MIT. Used with permission.
Courtesy of Gregory, J., R. Kirchain, and T. Montalbo, Materials Systems Laboratory, MIT. Used with permission.
Func:onal
Unit
What
is
compared
to
what?
Alloca:on
Mul:ple
products
from
one
process
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