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CPM. Center for Environmental Assessment of Product and Material Systems. Chalmers University of Technology. Chalmers.

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  1. CPM Center for Environmental Assessment of Product and Material Systems Chalmers University of Technology

  2. Chalmers • 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. • We are internationally forerunning in the areas of bioscience, information technology, environmental science and nanotechnology • 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. • 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!”

  3. ” 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”

  4. CPM ” The interface between the University and the Industry”

  5. 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.

  6. Industry partners • ABB AB • Akzo Nobel AB • Bombardier Transportation • Duni AB • IKEA • ITT Flygt • SCA Hygiene Products • Stora Enso AB • Tetra Pak

  7. ” Cross functional also at the University”

  8. 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

  9. 9 years of development Sustainability Implementation Communication Commercialization Broader scope Implementation Communication DataMethods Tools for Implementation Tools for Communication Stage 4 Stage 3 Database structureDataHow to perform LCA Stage 2 Stage 1

  10. Structure

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. The knowledge transfer process

  14. Knowledge Transfer Research Process Industrial DevelopmentProcess

  15. Knowledge Transfer Research Process IndustrialProcess Knowledge transfer area

  16. 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

  17. IMI – Industrial Environmental Informatics Example of DANTES results from Industrial Environmental Informatics (IMI)Markus Erlandsson

  18. 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

  19. Information perspective on DANTES strategies

  20. 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

  21. EPIs in supply chain communication How to find the strategy

  22. Background to the strategy • RAVEL (Rail Vehicle Eco-Efficient Design) project • EC-funded project running 1998-2001 • A Design for Environment (DfE) methodology was developed • REPID project • EC-funded project running 2002-2004 • An implementation of the RAVEL results • Partners: • UIC (Trade association for railway operators) • UNIFE (Trade association for railway manufacturers) • Bombardier Transportation • Alstom Transportation • Deutsche Bahn • SEMCON Sweden • Industrial Environmental Informatics, Chalmers

  23. 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

  24. Communication and measurement of environmental performance • This strategy describes how a common language can be established and utilized in the communication between different parts in the supply chain • Provides a connection between market requirements and the product design • Communication of environmental requirements and performance is based on measurable Environmental Performance Indicators (EPIs)

  25. Environmental Performance Indicators (EPIs) • Quantitative expression of the environmental performance • Criteria of indicators used in a DfE-system • The indicators are measurable • The indicators are able to control and can be influenced by the design process • The indicators address important and well defined environmental issues • The set of EPIs defined in the REPID project are defined: • in accordance with ISO 14031 – Environmental Performance Evaluation • based on environmental policy of rail operators and manufacturers

  26. 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.

  27. EPIs for communication of environmental performance

  28. 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

  29. Version 2 IT Tool Ver.1 Version 3 Version 4 Later versions • AEIF/ RES Technical Committee • Rail Eco-procurement Network 2004 2005 2006 2007 Experiences Standardisation within the railway industry

  30. ESA - Environmental system analysis Example of DANTES results from Environmental system analysis (ESA)Environmental costs in LCCBengt Steen

  31. Why environmental costs in LCC? • 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

  32. External costs *) cost for CO2 in GHG trading: 0.00941 EUR/kg

  33. Internal environmental costs

  34. Internal environmental costs

  35. 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

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