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2013 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
“LCA to Go” - Environmental Assessment of Machine Tools According to Requirements of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) - Development of the Methodological Concept
Authors : Rainer Pamminger, Florian Krautzer, Wolfgang Wimmer, Karsten Schischke
Published in: Re-engineering Manufacturing for Sustainability
Publisher: Springer Singapore
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The goal of the “LCA to go” project is to spread the use of LCA across European SMEs. For the sector of machine tools, a webtool will be developed to help SMEs carry out environmental assessments. Requirements to this tool were analysed through a survey, as well as research into case studies, standards and legislation. The simplified environmental assessment methodology follows a two step approach including a rough assessment of the Cumulative Energy Demand an a detailed analysis focusing on the most relevant life cycle phases. The progress to robust results is tracked using simplified Data Quality Indicator, which are proposed in this paper.